Adelaide hit by 70% of its July rainfall in one day as successive cold fronts bring flooding and damaging winds to South Australia

Heavy rain from successive winter cold fronts flooded roads and properties across South Australia during July 2--3, 2026, prompting hundreds of State Emergency Service (SES) call-outs, disrupting transport, triggering a statewide Code Blue response for vulnerable people and delivering more than 100 mm (3.9 inches) of rain to parts of the Mount Lofty Ranges, according to the Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) and the SES. Source