South Australia suffers biggest blackout since 2016 as weather system brings more flooding to inland NSW
by Tory Shepherd with Australian Associated Press from on (#65SFS)
Severe storms continue to drench exhausted communities as a humid air mass prompts flash flooding alerts in eastern Australia
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Wild storms have caused the biggest blackout in South Australia since the entire state went dark in 2016, as flash flooding caused havoc in parts of New South Wales and Victoria.
More than 423,000 lightning strikes were recorded in SA on Sunday. Heavy winds downed trees and SA Power Networks received more than 500 reports of fallen wires.
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