A shopping centre in Sydney's west and an indoor putt putt golf centre in the city's south are among hundreds of businesses and homes mopping up after Monday's intense storms'
"It was like something out of a cyclone movie, the craziest storm I've ever seen," said Scott D'Ombrain, a sales executive at LJ Hooker Bringelly.
"We turned around and heard 'splatter splatter'. The water was just flying down the walls. Everyone was still just playing... it was like a new water feature."Ms Griffin said staff worked very hard overnight to mop up and had managed to reopen the centre on Tuesday. The Insurance Council of Australia has declared a "catastrophe" following Monday's storms, with more than 29,000 claims across three states and territories .In Sydney, Ausgrid crews restored power to 10,000 customers and were working to restore power to another 3800 customers in the Sutherland Shire with assistance from crews called in from the Hunter region on Tuesday.
The good news for residents mopping up and repairing damaged roofs in Sydney is that the next few days are forecast to be mostly fine and sunny.
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