In Adelaide, there is no current risk of severe flooding, but, there are still opportunities where flooding may occur, in particular riverine flooding, quick onset flooding and flash flooding (Natural Hazards – Atlas of South Australia 2014).

Has there ever been a flood in Adelaide?

In Adelaide, floods on the Torrens have been recorded from the earliest days of European settlement. ... In addition, various metropolitan tributaries of the Torrens – First through to Fifth Creek – as well as the Sturt River drainage, at times, as in 1920 and 1934, also run high and cause local flooding.

When was the worst flood in Australia?

Australia floods of 2010–11, natural disaster that principally affected the three eastern states of Australia and was one of the worst in the country's history.