Severe weather has caused downed trees and rough seas across Sydney today, with the Bureau of Metrology warning the worst is yet to come. A storm force wind warning is in place: Full report, 6pm on 9News
residents have been rattled, one woman even hospitalised, after damaging wind battering the city tore the roof off a home.
Rosebery local Christine Walker heard screams from her neighbour when the wind started to lift the roof off her home. "The lady from the house where the roof came out screaming, 'my wall's collapsing, my wall is collapsing'," Ms Walker told 9News.Gale force winds have been felt across Sydney; one building in Rosebery had its roof torn off."Next minute a roof come flying over, I'll never forget it as long as I live."
The gale-force winds tore the roof off the neighbouring home which is a three-storey building in Rosebery."I could duck and put my hand over my head and I could run into their place, but Sharon got stuck in a corner, so it was very stressful," she said.Another neighbour told 9News they could hear banging every time there was a gust of wind and suddenly the roof lifted off the house.
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