The South Australian city of Port Augusta has been inundated after 1 / 4 of its annual rainfall fell in a matter of hours in a single day.
After a dry day, greater than 52mm fell within the area of an hour about 8pm final evening.
One other 7mm fell within the subsequent three hours, earlier than stopping altogether.
The city on the very prime of the Spencer Gulf is often identified for its arid local weather, and sometimes averages little greater than 200mm of rain every year.
The heavy rain flooded the freeway and left prepare traces suspended within the air after the bottom washed away beneath it.
Some areas of the city stay underwater now.
Port Augusta Mayor Brett Benbow spoke on the flooding earlier in the present day.
"Sadly what happens with this quantity of water that comes without delay, the drains battle," he mentioned.
"The particles from the timber and the dry areas that constructed up and created a dam effort to cease the water from working."
The SES is reminding individuals to not stroll, journey or drive via floodwaters.
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