South Australian Premier Jay Weatherill is preparing to meet with ministers to discuss how the state can recover from some of its worst flooding in years.
Mr Weatherill has called an emergency management committee meeting for Thursday afternoon.
Wind gusts of more than 90km/h and rainfall of more than 100mm battered the Adelaide Hills on Wednesday, fuelled by an intense low pressure system.
The State Emergency Service responded to more than 800 calls for help, most for property flooding or trees across roads and buildings.
Emergency Services Minister Peter Malinauskas said the emergency management committee would learn the full extent of the damage.
"The idea of that committee is we really get a full picture of the scale of the damage and then from there the government can start to work out its response regarding recovery," Mr Malinauskas told ABC radio.
Councils in Adelaide's eastern suburbs, which are typically worst hit by floods, are urging the state government to spend more on flood mitigation measures.
Mitcham Mayor Glenn Spear said a network of five councils had developed a $140 million flood mitigation plan, with the cost to be split between the councils and the state and federal governments.
But he said the federal government had withdrawn its one third funding and state Water Minister Ian Hunter had not commited enough cash.
"He's allocated $4 million a year over the next 30 years to flood mitigation measures, over the whole of the state. So I guess I'm not happy with that," Mr Spear told ABC radio.
But Mr Hunter said local councils should take charge of managing stormwater.
"Stormwater management is a local government issue. We're helping them because we think this is an area that needs that state assistance," he said.
