Police are addressing the media about a flying gas bottle that killed a man as storms lashed Sydney last night
An SES spokesperson said volunteers had been called to over 900 jobs across the state since 9pm on Tuesday, with over 600 in the Sydney metropolitan area.
"There are still calls coming in as people wake up to the damage," she said, reminding people to not move within 8 metres of downed power lines and to contact their local energy provider, not the SES, for electrical hazards. Ausgrid said its power network had been damaged by the intense lightning storm in Sydney, with 30,000 properties left without electricity at 9am on Wednesday after 80,000 were affected overnight.blacked out tens of thousands of homes across Sydney, leading to week-long outages for some areas in the city's north.
"We are unable to say when we will be able to restore power but we are working as quickly as we can," the spokesperson said. "People are just waking up and discovering hazards; we will have a better understanding of the extent of the damage in the light of day."
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