Emergency services are urging Sydneysiders to avoid unnecessary travel after a person was rescued from floodwaters overnight and forecasters warn there’s more rain to come.
A dramatic storm that swept over Sydney on Sunday night is being blamed for dislodging a road plate that damaged 25 cars at the entrance to the Harbour Bridge.
The woman,in her 60s,was struck by the falling branch in Liverpool just before 1pm.
Police say a member of the public came upon 61-year-old Bing Wei on The Alpine Way at Thredbo just before 9am,and alerted searchers.
Hundreds of residents in the Hawkesbury-Nepean Valley were issued emergency warnings to flee as the river surged above moderate levels.
Some residents are on high alert after an overnight drenching as Sydney’s largest dam spills into the rising Hawkesbury-Nepean river system.
Residents of an eastern suburbs cliffside street watched with horror as a road gave way,opening a sinkhole steps from Colin Scotts’ garage.
A band of rain sweeping towards Sydney is forecast to deliver 150-millimetre downpours and flash flooding.
The woman slipped and plunged down a cliff in the Southern Highlands on Sunday,triggering a multi-day search by emergency services.
The search has resumed for a young woman who fell from a waterfall in the Southern Highlands,south of Sydney.
Road closures and diversions are still in place for much of the region north-west of Sydney,causing a headache for people attempting to return.