South Australia battered by wild winds
South Australia is bracing for another band of wild weather with a damaging wind warning issued for southern parts of the state tomorrow.
The weather bureau said a low pressure system to the south of the state will generate ‘vigorous’ westerly winds in southern districts from early morning.
It has issued a severe weather warning for the following districts: metropolitan Adelaide, Mount Lofty Ranges, Lower Eyre Peninsula, Yorke Peninsula, Kangaroo Island, Mid North, Murraylands, Upper South East, Lower South East and parts of the Eastern Eyre Peninsula and Riverland districts.
“Strong to gale force northwest to southwesterly winds averaging 50-65 kph with damaging gusts of 90-120 kph are forecast to develop from early Wednesday morning,” the warning reads.
“Locations which may be affected include Adelaide, Port Lincoln, Mount Gambier, Clare, Edithburgh, Murray Bridge, Kingscote, and Victor Harbor.”
The state is still cleaning up after strong winds toppled trees and cut electricity supplies across the state on Monday and early Tuesday morning.
Thousands of homes and businesses lost power as the cold front crossed the state
“We had about 45,000 people all up affected by the storms, we had damage in the Mid_north, into the Barossa Valley, down into the metropolitan area and over into the Riverland,” Paul Roberts from SA Power Networks said.
Electricity has now been restored to all those homes.
The State Emergency Service (SES) responded to about 500 calls for help across the state.
A fallen tree at Pasadena completely covered a vehicle, but workers with chainsaws had no problem chopping it up freeing the vehicle.
Yesterday, wild winds ahead of the cold front caused headaches right across the state, particularly north of Adelaide.
At Marrabel in the Mid-North, wind tore apart a large shed on a rural property and scattered the debris over a nearby house.
The weather bureau said a wind gust of 107kph was recorded at Snowtown in the Mid-North – the strongest gust there in eight years – while at Noarlunga a 104kph gust was recorded.
