Overview

• The bomb cyclone reached its peak intensity early Wednesday off the New South Wales coast, driving gusts of up to 125 km/h and torrential rainfall.
• About 30,000 homes and businesses lost power as falling trees and damaged lines forced Ausgrid, Endeavour Energy and Essential Energy to manage widespread outages.
• The New South Wales State Emergency Service is tackling hundreds of storm-related incidents as warnings for flash flooding and coastal erosion remain active.
• Airlines including Virgin Australia, Jetstar and Qantas have cancelled flights at Sydney and Newcastle airports as Airservices Australia enacts single-runway operations; coastal roads, ferries and train services also remain suspended.
• Forecast models indicate the low will shift south toward the South Coast by Wednesday before easing into Thursday, bringing further heavy rain, dangerous surf and possible riverine flooding in catchments already saturated by May’s record floods.