00:00After a string of hot days here in South Australia, authorities are really keeping
00:06their eye on tomorrow's conditions. We've heard from the Bureau of Meteorology and
00:10several other authorities earlier this afternoon in Adelaide, laying out what it's going to
00:16be like tomorrow. The Bureau says they're expecting to see a trough come through the
00:20state tomorrow morning, bringing dry thunderstorms, high winds of up to 35 kilometres per hour
00:28and gusts of up to 90 kilometres per hour. So here's what the Bureau warned earlier about
00:34tomorrow's conditions. Not only can lightning start new fires, the gusty winds associated
00:42with them can also cause erratic fire behaviour, making them very hard to control.
00:48So Ruby, with these conditions expected tomorrow, a severe weather warning has been issued and
00:56an extreme fire danger rating has also been issued. So this means that there will be total
01:02fire bans tomorrow in 11 of 15 South Australian districts. So this includes the West Coast,
01:10Eastern Air Peninsula, the Lower Air Peninsula, Flinders, Midnorth, Mount Lofty Ranges, the York
01:16Peninsula, Riverland, Murraylands and the Upper South East and Lower South East. So Ruby, to give you
01:23a picture of what it's been like here in South Australia, the SES has been called to about 120
01:30incidences since the heatwave began. Most of those have been tree limbs that have fallen on streets
01:36and power lines. SA Ambulance has reported a 10 per cent increase in calls for help. 26 cases of heat
01:45exhaustion here that occurred yesterday. And the CFS say they've quickly controlled a number of small
01:53localised fires with the help of community members as well. So emergency services are really gearing up
02:01for tomorrow. The CFS say they've welcomed back 25 crews from WA who've been helping with the WA fires.
02:08So they say they're set to go for tomorrow.
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