Overview
- The Bureau of Meteorology confirmed a tornado moved through Ulladulla, producing a sharp wind-gust spike from about 32 km/h to 98 km/h in roughly four minutes and heavy but localized rain.
- The twister struck on Saturday, sweeping across residential streets and beachfront areas as multiple videos and eyewitness accounts filmed a rotating column of air.
- The NSW State Emergency Service logged about 80–90 calls for help across the state and roughly 29 calls around Ulladulla, and it set up an incident management team with Nowra crews deployed for clean-up and safety checks.
- Reported local damage includes roofs and tiles ripped from homes, skylights destroyed, fallen trees and powerlines, and dozens of properties losing electricity while crews work to clear roads and restore services.
- Meteorologists said tornadoes are rare in populated Australian towns because they usually form over open areas, and the wider storm trough that produced the Ulladulla tornado prompted severe thunderstorm warnings for central and south-eastern NSW including parts of Sydney.