Cyclone remnants to lash state's north
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The Weather Bureau has issued a severe weather warning for South Australia's north-east and north-west pastoral districts as ex-Tropical Cyclone Laurence moves into the state.
It is warning residents in Marla, Coober Pedy, Oodnadatta, Marree and Dalhousie Springs to expect damaging wind gusts with heavy rain and possible flash flooding.
Duty forecaster Brett Gage says wind gusts in excess of 110 kilometres per hour and 75 millimetres of rain has been reported at Ernabella in the state's far north-west"Most of the rain action will certainly happen further north today and around ex-Tropical Cyclone Laurence, which is just east of Ernabella now," he said.
"That system is still chugging along and will move across our northern border today."Pilot Trevor Wright, who flew today from Coober Pedy to Oodnadatta, says there is a consistent soaking rain across the outback.
"Some of the creeks are starting to flow, just trickling in as we speak," he said."The other thing that's surprised me, the Neals River up this way has got quite a lot of vegetation in it from the previous rain and this will reinforce it.
"I think all the roads will have to be closed here very soon."
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