00:02A sudden downpour with raging winds, leaving behind a trail of destruction.
00:10The rain just came in really heavy and then with a couple of minutes I've come out and the tree's
00:13down on my car.
00:14Vale Park resident Nile Dowdle counting his lucky stars.
00:18Luckily it's not on the house, like let's be honest it's not on the house, but the front end of
00:22the car's been smashed in by the tree.
00:25One of more than 70 jobs the SES has been called out to across Adelaide, mostly in the northeastern suburbs.
00:32Here in Paynham, this is one of many trees locals saw uprooted by fierce winds before the skies cleared just
00:39minutes later.
00:40Emergency services crews now left with the big task of clearing the debris and downed power lines.
00:47These residents, some of nearly 8,000 who lost power when the storm hit around 3.30.
00:52So I got up to look outside and the tree was just swaying back and forth, back and forth.
00:58But then the sound thud happened and we just came out and we saw the tree just being uprooted and
01:05very scary and the lights were off.
01:08Locals marvelling at how quickly it came and went.
01:11This morning was quite nice and sunny and then all of a sudden we've got a storm and then again
01:17all of a sudden there's no storm so it's like nothing has happened.
01:20I know, unbelievable, so get the shorts back on and get in the pool.
01:24The impact felt in some regional areas including Ardrossen, likely a big night ahead for crews working to restore normality.
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