Dikhyaa Mohanty 
Tens of thousands of people in the Australian state of South Australia (SA) have been left without electricity after a severe thunderstorm hit the state. SA recorded more than 423,000 lightning strikes on Saturday as a storm system brought winds exceeding 100 km per hour and flash flooding, Xinhua News Agency reported.
Resident Kristen Stevens, 33, said she returned home to find a 30-meter-tall tree had fallen on her neighbor’s car. “I was pretty shocked – I didn’t think it was going to be anywhere near as bad as it is,” she told News Corp Australia.
“The neighbour’s car is almost cut in half. I’ve never seen a storm like it, it’s definitely the worst storm I’ve experienced,” she said.
The hills and Adelaide’s southern suburbs were hit hardest by the storm, which forced the cancellation of a music festival and delays to sports events. In the town of Middleton on SA’s south coast flash flooding inundated businesses and homes after the creek burst its banks at approximately 5:00 p.m. local time. The weather was expected to ease on Sunday, with Adelaide, capital city of SA, forecast to receive about 10 mm of rain.
