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ABC News
26-05-2025
- Climate
- ABC News
Warning for SA coastline as abnormally high tide lashes beaches and jetties
Damaging winds will ease overnight across South Australia but a warning remains in place for "abnormally high tides" along much of the state's coastline. The Bureau of Meteorology said the "strong cold front" which lashed the state throughout Monday has moved south and over the border to Victoria and conditions would gradually ease in SA. According to a warning issued late on Monday, "abnormally high tides" were likely to lead to sea water flooding at low lying coastal areas in the Spencer Gulf and Gulf St Vincent on Monday. It said the tides were likely to rise "significantly above the normal high tide mark" during the afternoon and evening. The sea level was expected to reach 3.9 metres above the lowest astronomical tide, while at Port Pirie it was expected to rise to 4.6 metres. "Large surf in combination with the elevated sea levels may also lead to coastal erosion and localised damage to coastal infrastructure, including about the Adelaide metropolitan beaches," the warning says. The bureau said the locations expected to be affected include Port Adelaide, Adelaide metropolitan beaches, Port Pirie, Port Lincoln, Whyalla, Port Augusta, Wallaroo, Victor Harbor and Port Wakefield. Footage has also emerged on social media of waves crashing across jetties along and a structure at Marion Bay on the Yorke Peninsula being swept away in swell. The bureau said winds from the west and south-west could average up to 65 kilometres per hour with possible peak gusts of 90 kph into Tuesday morning. The highest gust on Monday was 126 kph recorded at Neptune Island at 5.22am, while on the mainland a gust of 107 kph was recorded at Minlaton Airport at 1.05pm. Other places which recorded gusts of 90 kph and above include Port Pirie, Cultana, Cummins and Cape Borda. She said the expected sea level peaks were similar heights to an event in May 2016 which caused damage along the coastline. "With these severe winds, we are also expecting large waves of 6m-9m this afternoon about exposed coasts, and these will abate during Tuesday," she said. In May 2016 historic jetties, including the heritage-listed Port Germain jetty on the Spencer Gulf, were damaged during severe weather. Other jetties damaged at the time included Moonta Bay, Henley Beach, Venus Bay, Port Rickaby and Elliston.
ABC News
13-05-2025
- Health
- ABC News
SA Health apologises to man waiting nine days at RAH for broken leg surgery
SA Health has apologised to a Port Lincoln man left waiting for nine days for surgery on his broken leg at the Royal Adelaide Hospital. Stephen Rees, a father of two toddlers, was airlifted from Port Lincoln on the Eyre Peninsula to the RAH on May 4 after shattering bones in his lower leg and severely dislocating his ankle in a football game the day before. Central Adelaide Local Health Network's executive director of operations and performance, Rachael Kay, said the medical team had assessed his injury each day and "determined that he was clinically ready for surgery on Friday, May 9". "I would like to apologise to Mr Rees and understand this must be frustrating." Mr Rees said he had fasted each morning and sometimes all day in preparation for surgery but was bumped each time by a more urgent case. "[I'm] fed up — I just want to get home and see my family," he said. After a nine-day wait, Mr Rees was wheeled in for surgery on Tuesday morning and the operation went well. The day before, Mr Rees was told the RAH was looking into having him transferred to a private hospital for the operation, where he understood it would be paid for by the public health system. Prior to this, Mr Rees' family had been making enquiries about getting the surgery done privately despite him not having private cover just to get him home. "Other than that, my options were to sit here and wait. "I've just sort of had enough … they kept just bumping me and saying there's other more important cases than me even though I've been here for over a week." Mr Rees said his two legs bones needed to be screwed back together because they were separated. "The small bone in my leg is shattered, essentially, so they need to piece it back together and [put in] a couple of plates and a heap of screws," he said. Mr Rees said one of the nurses had advised him generally, after three days, a patient's case was escalated to improve the chances of surgery.
