Sydney: Severe storm cuts power to homes, causes flight cancellations and delays

More than 30,000 homes and businesses are without power in Sydney’s west, as a severe thunderstorm brings heavy rainfall and damaging winds.

Tens of thousands of homes and businesses are without power in Sydney’s west, as a severe thunderstorm is bringing heavy rainfall and damaging winds.

The Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) issued a severe storm warning at 3:00pm which also forecast large hailstones.

The storm is affecting areas to the south-west of Penrith and the BOM has warned the storm is tracking to the north-east to the Gosford/Wyong area.

Becky Gollings from the State Emergency Service (SES) said they had responded to hundreds of calls for help since the storm warning was issued, most of them in Mt Druitt, and the number was rising.

“It was pretty chaotic with those severe thunderstorms affecting Sydney and further south on the Illawarra and south coast,” she said.

Source: Sydney weather: Severe storm cuts power to homes, causes flight cancellations and delays – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)