NSW hit by severe storms over Christmas

ABC NEWS (Australia)

Storms have hit parts of NSW overnight including in Sydney's metro regions. State emergency service volunteers were out in numbers helping with downed trees and flood rescues.

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00:00 There were 492 calls for help to the State Emergency Services overnight.

00:06 That included 25 rescues of people caught up in their cars in flash flooding.

00:11 Here in Pagewood in Sydney South, 30 of these townhouses behind me were flooded in the storm

00:17 and the SES say that expect much more of the same today and into the evening.

00:24 We are also expecting similar type of thunderstorms again today across a very large part of the state.

00:33 And as you mentioned, they can be very hard to predict where the severe thunderstorms

00:37 are going to occur and when you see them, they can produce isolated rainfalls of up to 200 mm.

00:44 Obviously on Christmas Day, a lot of people will be on the roads going around to visit

00:48 their family and friends.

00:49 But we do ask them to pay attention to the weather and that if they are out and about

00:55 during the severe thunderstorms, to drive to the conditions.

01:03 This morning the cleanup has wrapped up here in Pagewood but there are 40 other spots around

01:07 Sydney that are still having trees being lopped and floods, waters being cleared around the area.

01:14 So the SES are urging people to stay vigilant but they are expecting a very wet Christmas for many.

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