As many as 1300 people are expected to do without power in their homes for a second night after storms damaged infrastructure across South Australia.
More than 120,000 lightning strikes were recorded across the state on Friday, with as many as 14,000 an hour recorded during the evening.
The industrial town of Whyalla may not have been "wiped off the map" by the introduction of the carbon tax, as predicted by Opposition Leader Tony Abbott earlier this year, but it certainly took a battering from electrical storms, leaving more than 5000 people without power on Friday night.
Most homes have had their power restored on Saturday, but up to 300 will be without power for a second night and some may face a third night in the dark, says SA Power Networks spokesman Paul Roberts.
"We've got a huge number of localised jobs which are caused by damage by trees and debris that's fallen on lines and pulled lines down," Mr Roberts told AAP on Saturday.