Adelaide boy struck by lightning

A TEENAGER has been taken to hospital after being struck by lightning as thunderstorms sweep across South Australia.

The SA Ambulance Service said the incident occurred at a Hallet Cove property in Adelaide's southern suburbs on Monday.

A spokeswoman said the 15-year-old boy was conscious and in a stable condition when he was taken to the Flinders Medical Centre.

Earlier emergency authorities warned people to take precautions with thunderstorms, heavy rain and strong winds forecast to hit the state.

The State Emergency Service (SES) said the wild weather would impact large parts of the state, including metropolitan Adelaide and the Adelaide Hills and by Monday afternoon more than 17,000 homes and businesses were without power.

The worst hit areas were Kangaroo Island where power was down for about 3800 users while about 6000 were also without power across the Adelaide Hills.

Wind speeds of more than 90km/h were forecast along with large hail.

"Some of these (thunderstorms) are likely to be severe with damaging wind gusts and very heavy rainfall that may lead to flash flooding," the SES said.

Among the areas expected to be hit by the storms were the lower Eyre Peninsula, eastern Eyre Peninsula, Yorke Peninsula, Kangaroo Island, the Flinders Ranges, the mid-north district, the north west pastoral district and parts of the state's west coast.

The forecast rain and storms came as firefighters continued to battle a series of fires across SA including a number on Eyre Peninsula.

The Country Fire Service said most had been started by lightning strikes.

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