State electricity supply threatened by extreme conditions
Thunderstorms, hundred-kilometre hour wind gusts and a catastrophic bushfire danger will pose a 'significant threat' to South Australia’s electricity supply tomorrow.
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00:00 SA Power Networks, which owns the state's poles and wires, says the forecast is a trifecta
00:06 of the worst conditions possible for causing blackouts.
00:09 It says there's the potential for multiple power cuts in regional areas caused by storm
00:13 damage and has equipment disconnected as a precaution to prevent fires as temperatures
00:17 soar into the mid-40s.
00:20 Catastrophic fire conditions, the highest rating possible, are forecast for Eyre and
00:24 York Peninsulas, the Mid North and Flinders districts as well as the Riverland.
00:28 Storm conditions are expected for the Murraylands and in the Mount Lofty Ranges near Adelaide
00:32 as well as the West Coast, North East Pastoral and Upper South East districts.
00:37 Forecast conditions tomorrow are such that any fire that starts will be difficult, too
00:42 incredibly difficult, for firefighters to control.
00:46 The best thing that people can do is have their bushfire survival plan and have it ready
00:51 and enacted well before any fire starts near their location.
00:55 Dozens of state emergency service crews from the state's remote north and south to York
00:59 Peninsula are advised to be on standby for tomorrow's heavy weather, followed by heavy
01:03 rains on the weekend, with up to 40mm forecast for Adelaide on Sunday.
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