Three dead as wild weather lashes Sydney region

Source: Bangkok Post

SYDNEY - Three people died as Sydney and surrounding areas were lashed by wild weather on Tuesday with trees felled, power cuts hitting thousands of homes and sand drifts sweeping inland off the iconic Bondi beach.

Sea swells also hampered shipping as the region around Australia's biggest city suffered its second day of gale-force winds of up to 135 kilometres per hour and torrential rain.

The Bureau of Meteorology said 119 millimetres (of rain had fallen in Sydney in 24 hours -- the city's wettest period since 2002.

The powerful winds blanketed parks, pavements and roads with sand from beaches, including Bondi.


Read more: http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/asia/535939/three-dead-as-wild-weather-lashes-sydney-region

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One of the houses being swept away at Dungog.



To any Sydney/Newcastle DUers, stay safe tonight. I just heard the forecast for tonight and it sounds bad. It's even been blowing a gale here in Canberra....