00:00An iconic skyline lost in the clouds and roads transformed into waterfalls.
00:10It pissed down. It was crazy.
00:12It was like a classic sort of Sydney storm that comes through.
00:16And it did come through, packing 80 millimetres of rain in just one hour.
00:21And that for us produced around 21 to 23 flood rescues. Out of that we've also got around
00:26about 300 jobs across Sydney which are all storm related.
00:29Across New South Wales, the SES received more than 550 calls for help.
00:35Several vehicles were stuck in floodwaters, but no one was injured.
00:39Drivers don't hear our message, which is do not drive through flooded waters.
00:44And our modern day cars are all electrified in some way.
00:47Once they hit that flooded water, they fry basically and they fall stuck in the water.
00:52During the peak of the storms, a Watch and Act warning was issued for much of Greater
00:55Sydney, telling people to stay indoors.
00:58Drainage systems could be maintained a little better than what they currently are and I
01:03think that's part of the reason that the flooding's as bad as what it is when it does rain heavily
01:09in Sydney.
01:10We do have the flash flooding, which is a result of drains not being cleared by local
01:13councils and we need to ask them to assist us by clearing out their gutters, which will
01:19stop some of these flood rescues occurring.
01:21The state's south was hit at around 6am, bringing hail and strong winds.
01:26It forced the closure of several schools in the Riverina.
01:29Osgoode and Deva reported more than 12,000 customers lost power in the Sydney area.
01:35Most of them were in the city's west.
01:37By mid-afternoon, the worst of the weather had cleared, but forecasters are warning more
01:42thunderstorms are on their way.
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