Deluge in Port Augusta after 45mm of Rain in Under 3 Hours

A general view overlooking the town and surrounds of Coober Pedy, Australia, in its usual dry state, on October 22, 2015. Photo by Mark Kolbe/Getty Images

The usually dry South Australian town of Port Augusta, 308km (191 miles) north of Adelaide, was inundated after an intense storm delivered 45 mm of rain in under 3 hours on Monday night.

In a social media post on Tuesday, Mayor Brett Benbow showed the Port Augusta Central Oval, which had been transformed into a swimming pool.