I have just come back from Ballina where I was part of a contingent from the Sydney Southern Region of the State Emergency Service. We were the second task force to be dispatched to the area after strong winds and torrential rain had lashed the area over the previous week. As the rain moved down [...]
I have never seen a storm warning quite like it. Normally the map on the BOM site shows an amorphous blob with smooth edges covering a large area. This time it was a thin squiggly line hugging the coast from Kurnell to Palm Beach.
There was some rain and fierce lightning at our place, but nothing [...]
As I write this, the skies are black, the thunder is shaking the windows and the rain is pouring down. Another summer thunderstorm has hit the city with up to 38mm falling within an hour. No doubt the emergency calls to SES will soon follow.
Sydney has endured a continuous series of storms which began on [...]
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