A sinkhole has taken down a truck in Adelaide’s northern suburbs after intense rain over the weekend.
A burst water main caused the spectacle off Darley Rd at Paradise on Monday morning following the storm.
A truck became stuck trying to navigate the sinkhole before 7am.
Crews from SA Water were on the scene soon after and the truck was removed.
SA Water crews then began excavating the site into the late morning.
Resident Anna said before the sinkhole appeared she saw “a little bit of water coming up” from the ground.
Following the weekend deluge, three people had to be rescued after trying to drive through a flooded intersection in Adelaide’s northern suburbs.
About 4.50am on Monday morning, police and emergency services were called to Wingate Rd and Winzor Rd, in Hillier, after reports a car had driven into the flooded area.
A man and a woman inside the vehicle managed to climb out of the car windows.
While police were assisting the pair, another car drove into the water and became stuck.
The male driver was able to exit his vehicle and was taken to safety by police, but both vehicles were washed away by the floodwaters.
There were no reports of any injuries from the people involved.
“Police remind the public that if a road is flooded, do not drive through the water as you do not know how deep it could be,” an SA Police spokesman said.
SA Police were at the scene of a traffic hazard at the intersection of Port Wakefield Rd and Salisbury Highway, at Mawson Lakes, on Monday morning.
Water from nearby wetlands flooded the intersection, with “at least” two cars already stuck.
Port Wakefield Rd is closed for all southbound vehicles, with traffic diverted via the Northern Connector.
At Newton Shopping Centre, multiple stores were closed after the site was flooded on Sunday.
A sign on the door of Zap Fitness at the centre said it was “closed due to unforeseen circumstances”.
University student Rowan Nimbs-Leu, 19, was still hopeful he could use the gym at 8.30am despite receiving a text saying it would be closed.
“I thought I might as well check,” he said.
“Now I’ll have to buy a day pass somewhere else.”
Connect Hearing may close for up to a week after it suffered water damage from the storm.
Puddles and mud covered its sodden carpet, with customer care representative Jenny Phillips left to clean up.
Connect Hearing state manager Dean Laird said the site could be shut for a week while carpets are dried out damaged equipment replaced.
“We’ll have to shut today and reschedule all our patients,” Mr Laird said.
“It’s a big disruption for the business, especially for hearing-impaired people.
“We don’t know how long works or drying will take but we have to put the health and safety of all our patients about everything.”
Newton Pharmacy was also closed on Monday morning.
There was a bucket with a tube leading up to the closed store filling up with water.
It is understood Coles staff were mopping water off the shop floor until after 10.30pm.
Dernancourt Butcher owner Dave Hills told The Advertiser he had to throw out $15,000 to $20,000 worth of meat after the shop flooded.
“It was like a little river that ran through the whole shop,” Mr Hills said.
All of the meat had to be thrown out as the water from a blocked drain contaminated the shop.
Assessors are still determining the damage to flooring and fridges.
Manager at the butcher Josh Kaselouris was in the shop on Sunday afternoon when the water “just started to come in”.
“There was nothing we could do about it,” he said.
“I had to wait for it to pass and go through the shop.”
Mr Hills does not know when the shop will reopen as they must now “start from scratch” with fresh meat.
Torrential rain came flooding into the changerooms at Athelstone Football Club after a game was called off due to thunder and lightning on Sunday.
The carpets at the clubrooms were left sodden, gym equipment expected to be rusted out and an office was flooded.
President Stephen Young told The Advertiser on Monday he didn’t know how much water would still be there when he came back to the club the next morning.
The club has cancelled training until Thursday while rooms and equipment dry out.
“The kids running around had water above their ankles,” said Mr Young of the deluge in the club rooms on Sunday afternoon.
He has since met with Campbelltown council, which owns the club rooms, to determine the extent of repairs needed.
Council workers sandbagged the doors during the storm to minimise damage.
“Council will do a full commercial clean of the bottom floor,” Mr Young said.
“The walls will bulge if they don’t dry properly.”
The Adelaide Hills was smashed by overnight rain amid a barrage of extreme weather all throughout the state this weekend.
The Bureau of Meteorology confirmed on Monday morning that Lenswood, in the Mount Lofty Ranges, recorded a total rainfall of 110.2mm since Friday night.
Coromandel East had 101.1mm – while, in the state’s Far North in the Gammon Ranges, there were reports of 98mm of rain.
Leigh Creek Airport received 64.4mm and Olympic Dam had 33.8mm.
Adelaide’s northeast was drenched on Sunday as a storm descended over the region, following some torrential rain on Saturday night.
SES confirmed it had received 530 calls across the weekend – 312 of which related to incidents in the northern suburbs.