NSW emergency services have responded to hundreds of calls for help amid wild weather
Severe storms and strong winds have lashedand the New South Wales Central Coast, causing flash flooding, felling trees and leaving hundreds of homes without power.
The Bureau of Meteorology says a severe thunderstorm warning remains for the central tablelands, southern tablelands, central slopes plains and south-west slopes.“Giant hail, intense rainfall and damaging winds are all possible,” the BoM said on Wednesday. “Heavy falls leading to flash flooding is possible.”
Most of the jobs involved leaking roofs and flash flooding as well as trees that had crashed into homes and fallen across roads.Several Manly ferry services were cancelled due to the large swell on Sydney Harbour and passengers were being advised to make alternative travel arrangements. The deluge hit Orange in the central tablelands and Queanbeyan, near Canberra, late on Tuesday afternoon before advancing on Sydney and its surrounds in the early evening. Orange recorded 38mm of rain in the 30 minutes to 3.30pm.
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