Transport for NSW is advising commuters heading from Newcastle to Sydney on Wednesday morning to consider using public transport instead of driving.
Police are appealing for public assistance after a string of fires broke out in Glebe within a two hour period.
About 500 commuters were evacuated from Sydney's Town Hall station on Monday morning after smoke billowing from an engine room triggered an alarm.
Firefighters and water-bombing aircraft are battling a bushfire in Penrith that came within metres of homes on a scorching Friday.
Heavy traffic affected the citybound approach to the Anzac Bridge after a motorcyclist and truck collided on Thursday morning.
Daniel King,32,has been identified as the man shot dead following a shooting rampage across Sydney's west targeting a residential home and two police stations in an hour-long spree.
A man has been found dead after fire ripped through a townhouse in Sydney's west in the early hours of Wednesday morning.
Police have scaled down the search in Lane Cove after the man fled just before 4pm.
Crowds gathered to watch as firemen battled a blaze that lit up the sky above Kings Cross and threatened to consume one of the area's most luxurious art deco buildings.
A man in his 70s is in a critical condition and motorists are advised to avoid the area near Glebe Point Road and Parramatta Road.
The building has been evacuated as crews work to extinguish the fire.