The Augusta Highway in the state's mid-north was closed by police as a safety measure.
One motorist who sent footage from on the road to Nine News can be heard saying "Just pulled out of Wakefield, I wish we'd stayed there." "You just cannot move, the cars are all pulled up on the side of the road and it's the worst dust storm I have ever seen," he goes on to say.He said today's conditions were rare for this time of year.Yesterday authorities had warned today's heat and wind would create dangerous fire conditions.The unseasonably hot and dry conditions prompted the Country Fire Service to declare severe bushfire conditions in eight districts, from the west coast to the lower southeast.
"We would require rainfall of more than 180mm, combined with milder autumn conditions, before we are likely to see a reduction in the risk in many areas," Mr Nettleton said.There were no major fires on Friday, though CFS crews battled a handful of incidents, including one grass fire in the Adelaide Hills which reduced the South Eastern Freeway to just one lane near Hahndorf.
Dry, barren dusty landscape. Not good.
This will be considered normal weather in a climate changed world
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