A huge mobile phone antenna smashed into the roof of a Coles supermarket overnight as parts of Australia battle wild weather from an Antarctic cold front.
The Optus phone tower plummeted into the fruit and vegetable section of Coles in the Park Holme shopping centre in Adelaide at 11.30pm on Friday.
Gale force winds of up to 57km/h hammered the area, which ultimately caused the tower to become loose and fall.
The South Australian Metropolitan Fire Service and State Emergency Services crews quickly arrived to stop the store from flooding as parts of Adelaide have been soaked in up to 30mm of rain in the last 24 hours alone.
The Optus phone tower plummeted into the fruit and vegetable section of Coles in the Park Holme shopping centre (pictured) in Adelaide at 11:30pm on Friday night
A man braces for ocean splatter from strong winds in Morialloc harbour in Melbourne. The city had its wettest start to the year on record on Friday, with 408.8mm of rain from January to the first day of May – beating a previous record set in 1924
A Coles spokesman told Daily Mail Australia that none of the night fill workers were injured by the falling antenna.
Coles supermarket workers have been turning away customers on Saturday as crane operators worked to remove the debris and construction workers fix the roof.
The supermarket will be closed for the day but it is too early to tell when it will be reopened, according to the Coles spokesman.
Daily Mail Australia has contacted Optus for comment on the incident.
Adelaide can expect more showers today before easing off into lighter winds on Sunday with a minimum of 10C and a maximum of 17C as the Antarctic cold front passes over the city.
The icy snap is currently passing through south east Australia, which is causing strong wind and rain in capital cities and blizzards in mountainous regions.
‘At the moment, we have a very cold outbreak across the south east from well south of the country from the Antarctic,’ the Bureau of Meteorology’s Dean Narramore told Daily Mail Australia on Friday.
‘It’s one of those cases where all of the ingredients are coming together for a very cold outbreak.’
Mentone Iceburgers braved the elements to have a swim at the beach with their dog. Melburnians are currently shivering through a weekend with a minimum temperature of 9C and a maximum of 14C, with showers expected to ease next week
The Victorian capital just missed out on recording its coldest start to May as the temperature reached 13C – exceeding the 12.2C record set on May 1, 1962. (Pictured: woman rugged up in Melbourne as temperatures dip)
Melbourne had its wettest start to the year on record on Friday, with 408.8mm of rain from January to the first day of May – beating a previous record set in 1924.
Melbourne had its wettest start to the year on record on Friday, with 408.8mm of rain from January to the first day of May – beating a previous record set in 1924.
The Victorian capital just missed out on recording its coldest start to May as the temperature reached 13C – exceeding the 12.2C record set on May 1, 1962.
Melburnians are currently shivering through a weekend with a minimum temperature of 9C and a maximum of 14C, with showers expected to ease next week.
Blizzards have been painting Victoria’s Alpine regions white. Mount Buller recorded the lowest temperature at -2.6C on Saturday with more snow showers expected.
Mount Hotham is also experiencing snow showers and hovering around -1.9C with a ‘feels like’ temperature of just -4.2C.
Meanwhile in Sydney, gale force winds of up to 67km per hour are causing the ‘feels like’ temperature to be more than 10C colder than the actual temperature.
For example, Sydney Airport is currently 18.4C but feels like just 8C due to winds of 63km per hour at midday on Saturday.
From Sunday, the actual temperature is forecasted to slightly increase but a return to sunshine and no wind will likely make the ‘feels like’ temperature appear normal.
A woman takes her dog for a walk in Mount Hotham, which is currently experiencing snow showers and temperatures as low as -2C
A man goes for a run during cold at windy conditions at Mordialloc Harbour in Melbourne. An icy snap from Antarctica is currently passing through south east Australia, which is causing strong wind and rain in capital cities and blizzards in mountainous regions
It’s a similar situation in Canberra, where the maximum temperature if 10C but the ‘feels like’ temperature is just 1.1C.
But from Sunday, the weather is set to warm up to a maximum of 18C and a minimum of 8C by Friday.
The cold weather has even had an impact in Queensland with some towns even dropping below zero on Saturday.
Oakey dropped to -0.4C to mark a cold start to the weekend while Kingaroy got down to -0.1C.
In Brisbane, the temperature dropped by 5C from Thursday to Friday with a minimum of 14C and max of 24C.
On Saturday, the cold weather continued with a minimum of just 10C and a maximum of 24C thanks to the sunny weather.
By Wednesday, the minimum will have crept back up to 14C while the maximum of forecasted to be 25C with continued sunny skies expected.
‘Northern Queensland and the Top End are still hot but they will be 2-6C below average over the coming days as this front moves further up,’ Mr Neale told Daily Mail Australia.
Melbourne residents were seen wearing beanies and scarves at the beginning of the last month of Autumn as temperatures dip to extreme levels
The Northern Territory started its dry season on Friday and looks to have fairly consistently sunny weather throughout the week.
Darwin’s maximum temperature will remain at a 35C during the week while lows between 22C and 25C are also expected.
After the cold front passed through Perth earlier last week, the WA capital is currently bouncing back with a maximum of 27C.
But things are set to cool down once the weekend is over with clouds on Sunday and rain from Monday to Wednesday.
The lowest point will come on Wednesday, with a maximum of 19C and a low of 12C.
Lastly, Tasmania is also experiencing some peculiar weather patterns. Hobart is currently experiencing 10mm of rain on Saturday with a maximum of just 12C.
Cloudiness and showers will persist throughout the week but the maximum will reach 17C by Tuesday.
The coldest part of the island state, Mount Wellington, is 2C as of Saturday but extreme winds of up to 117km per hour have made the ‘feels like’ temperature -10.9C.