South Australia’s State Emergency Service (SES) is preparing for heavy rain around the Eyre Peninsula today.
Key points:
- SA’s State Emergency Service is preparing for heavy rainfall in some parts of the state
- Crews warn people should be wary that flash flooding may cut off local roads around the Eyre Peninsula
- About 2,300 customers are without power in South Australia this morning
The Bureau of Meteorology has issued a severe weather warning for heavy rainfall in the lower and eastern Eyre Peninsula, the Yorke Peninsula and parts of the West Coast, Flinders, Mid North and North West Pastoral districts.
Heavy rainfall that may lead to flash flooding is forecast for the Eyre Peninsula, Yorke Peninsula and parts of the North West Pastoral, Flinders and the Mid North areas.
The Bureau said heavy rainfall is expected to persist throughout today, before easing from early tomorrow morning.
A flood watch is in place for the Eyre Peninsula, Yorke Peninsula, Mid North, Flinders, West Coast and North West Pastoral districts.
The bureau said heavy rainfall of between 50 and 70 millimetres were forecast over the flood watch area on Sunday, with isolated falls of up to 100mm possible.
It warned roads may be impacted and communities may be cut off.
The Bureau said yesterday that the Adelaide area had already received more than its monthly average in less than 24 hours.
The weekend rain has come after catastrophic bushfire conditions in parts of the state on Friday due a combination of dry lightning, high temperatures and strong winds.
A severe weather warning was also issued this morning for damaging winds in the Mount Lofty Ranges and parts of the Adelaide metropolitan area as well as the Mid North and Murraylands.
The bureau said damaging winds with peak gusts of more than 90 kilometres per hour were possible from early this evening.
Around 5,500 customers were without power on Sunday morning, the majority in Adelaide’s southern suburbs.
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