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Drivers have been advised to avoid travel in the NSW Blue Mountains due to icy conditions. 9News

Bells Line of Road, another Blue Mountains thoroughfare, remains closed between Lithgow and Bell.Temperatures plummeted 10C in just two hours across Sydney overnight, driven by a sudden southerly wind change bringing a very cold air mass.An icy cold front is bringing freezing temperatures to NSW and Victoria.

In Katoomba, west of Sydney, it reached -1.5C but felt like -7C, leading to a ground-blanketing snowfall.Meanwhile, a severe weather warning is in place across New South Wales today.Kangaroos in snow at a property between Berridale and Jindabyne in NSW.Residents are advised to stay out of the water. The cold front that has brought the snow and freezing temperatures has already moved offshore, meaning that the weather won't stick around.But today, Sydney and much of NSW can prepare for a very cold, gusty day.Continue reading

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