An outback highway has reopened, restoring access to several communities that were cut off when floodwaters washed away a section of road in South Australia's far north.
The remote towns of Roxby Downs, Woomera and Andamooka were isolated when the only sealed road, the Olympic Dam Highway, was washed out on Saturday.
Locals were facing supply shortages, with trucks unable to get through to Roxby Downs to restock the local supermarket.
Contractors were called in to perform urgent works, and the Roxby Downs Council said repairs had "proceeded well".
It said the road has since reopened, along with the Stuart Highway between Port Augusta and Pimba.
"As there is a large volume of traffic on the roads, please proceed with caution and stick to speed limits at all times," the council said.
However, several other outback roads remain closed, including parts of the Eyre and Birdseye highways on Eyre Peninsula.
Record-breaking rains fell across parts of South Australia over the weekend, with the heaviest falls in the north and west.
The rail track north of Port Augusta halted freight services from Adelaide to Perth and Darwin because of washouts along the line.
The Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) said while the most severe weather had passed, it was predicting further rain and storms in coming days.
A flood watch is still in place for the Mid North, Flinders Ranges, Eyre Peninsula, Yorke Peninsula and parts of the North East and North West Pastoral districts.
The BOM said an unstable air mass and humidity would continue to impact SA's weather.
It said while thunderstorms were expected to contract to the far north, there was a possibility of storms and rainfall across the state over the next few days.
"The slow moving nature of this system has meant that the rainfall accumulation has been quite significant and, while not unprecedented, it is something that we don't see often at all," meteorologist Kylie Egan said.
