From bushfires and rising temperatures to gale force winds, blackouts and rain - Adelaide and parts of South Australia have copped the lot in less than 24 hours.
A blast of wild weather swept across the state early on Tuesday cutting power to more than 16,000 properties and bringing trees down across the Adelaide hills and suburbs.
The conditions were in contrast to those on Monday when five bushfires were sparked across SA, fanned by warm northerly winds and temperatures in the high 20s.
As the storm moved across SA on Tuesday a 70-year-old man was taken to hospital after a tree fell on his car south of Adelaide, while a woman at suburban Ridgehaven had a lucky escape when a falling tree demolished part of her home.
The State Emergency Service (SES) said it had taken more than 200 calls for help since 4am when the worst of the weather hit.
Deputy chief officer Dermot Barry said the level of calls was consistent with the strength of the storm and the SES expected its backlog to be cleared by Tuesday evening.
"We think for the CBD and the Adelaide metropolitan area the worst of it has passed," he said.
"That will give our crews a chance to get through this backlog and get some rest."
By mid-afternoon the number of properties without power had also been cut to about 1000.
Mt Crawford, in the Adelaide Hills, recorded the strongest winds on Tuesday with 135km/h while Neptune Island had gusts of 109km/h and Minlaton more than 100km/h.
There was rain in many districts though falls were not significant.
The Country Fire Service said it had responded to more than 20 incidents of falling trees, mostly across the Adelaide Hills.
But it said Tuesday's bushfires, in the mid-north, on Kangaroo Island and in the Adelaide Hills, were either out or contained.
Share
