SA: Truckie, tourists stranded, police station flooded

AAP General News (Australia)
02-12-2000
SA: Truckie, tourists stranded, police station flooded

Food has been dropped to people stranded by torrential rains in South Australia's far north.

Police have flown food to a 35-year-old man whose truck is bogged on the Williams Creek
Road, 70km east of Coober Pedy and 900km north-west of Adelaide.

The truck driver has been stranded since Thursday without food or water but police
say he's in no danger.

Two people are stuck in a vehicle on a road to Mount Dare, and an Adelaide man is stranded
alone at Mount Dare station, near the Northern Territory border.

Police say they'll also receive food drops.

At Marla, 1100km north of Adelaide, the police station has been flooded and it's been
sandbagged to prevent any further water damage.

The Stuart Highway remains cut between Erldunda and Alice Springs and roads in the
area are expected to be closed for at least two more days.

The record rains have caused the Finke and Palmer rivers in the lower Northern Territory
to break their banks, and the forecast is for more heavy rain.

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