Transport Minister warns of ‘extreme’ train delays as strong wind gusts lash Sydney | sarah_keoghan
Nick Moir
The Bureau of Meteorology’s Jackson Browne said damaging winds would ease across Sydney and the state’s south coast later on Wednesday.Mr Browne said the east coast low is expected to push off the coast by evening, but winds were a major concern before then. The NSW Police Marine Area Command urged people to consider staying out of the water and to avoid walking near surf-exposed areas.Thousands are also still without powers following the northern beaches “bullseye” which brought major flash flooding to the area.
On Tuesday night, the State Emergency Service ordered people in McGraths Hill and Mulgrave in Sydney’s north-west to evacuate by 8.30pm and people in the Glenridding and Dunolly townships in Singleton to leave by 10pm. Sydneysiders from all corners of the city – Camden in the south, Richmond in the north and Narrabeen on the coast – watched on in horror on Tuesday as their suburbs were submerged.The SES ordered all residents in the north-western Sydney suburbs of McGraths Hill and Mulgrave to evacuate by 8.30pm, before the Hawkesbury River was expected to reach 13.5 metres.
The woman’s Mazda 3 was found in the same canal at the adjoining suburb of Wentworthville on Monday afternoon.