Small Tornado Hits South Australia

A small tornado wreaked some havoc during an Aussie Rules Football game in South Australia:

A MINI-tornado has wreaked havoc on a suburban Aussie rules football ground in South Australia, pelting players with debris as it picked up cars and tore apart buildings, the Sunday Mail reports.

Several players were taken to hospital after sheet metal and debris from a glasshouse showered the Port Noarlunga oval, 30km south of  Adelaide.

The storm hit in the early afternoon as the Port Noarlunga versus Reynella match approached half time.

Up to a dozen cars were towed from the ground after they were pushed across the ground by fierce winds and battered by metal from nearby buildings.

Port Noarlunga Football Club runner Todd Stokes said it will be several weeks before the ground can be used again. [Sunday Mail]

Tornadoes are rare in Australia but this is actually the 2nd time in two years that a tornado has struck South Australia.