Evacuation order on Sydney's northern beaches as Australia's east coast smashed by stormy weather

"Senior meteorologist Edward Townsend-Medlock said more heavy rainfall was expected from Sydney's northern suburbs through to the Hunter coast on Sunday morning. Within that concentrated area is where you could get some of those more severe thunderstorm cells that we saw, for example, on the Central Coast, he said. At least 750 SES volunteers were on the ground responding to weekend storm callouts, with the busiest units in the south coast, Illawarra, Sydney and Hunter regions."

"Warnings remained in place for hazardous surf on the east coast at beaches stretching from Newcastle to Batemans Bay, as well as the Eden coast. A woman died during the storms on Saturday afternoon when a tree branch fell on her car on Macquarie Pass, south of Wollongong. The woman was a driver in the vehicle when the incident happened, NSW police said. A man in the front seat passenger suffered minor injuries, and two passengers in the rear seats were not physically harmed."

Intense summer storms battered Australia's east coast, causing heavy rain, flooding, submerged cars, and damaged homes across New South Wales and parts of Queensland. Emergency warnings and evacuation orders were issued for Sydney's northern beaches, including Narrabeen Lagoon, and more than a dozen people were rescued across Sydney. A landslide at Great Mackerel Beach damaged numerous homes and injured at least one woman. A woman died when a tree branch fell on her car on Macquarie Pass. State Emergency Service crews received over 800 calls for help and deployed at least 750 volunteers, with busy units on the south coast, Illawarra, Sydney and Hunter regions. Hazardous surf warnings remained from Newcastle to Batemans Bay and Eden.

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