Sydneysiders hit by severe thunderstorm moving across NSW

Sydneysiders hit by severe thunderstorm moving across NSW

A large swath of eastern NSW including most of the Sydney region is in for a stormy Monday afternoon,as a large thunderstorm cell swept eastwards bringing the potential for flash floods.

  • byPeter Hannam

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Police officer killed after being sucked into Blue Mountains whirlpool
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Police officer killed after being sucked into Blue Mountains whirlpool

Senior Constable Kelly Foster,39,has been identified as one of two women who died after being sucked underwater on Saturday afternoon in a canyon near Mount Wilson.

  • byJohn Buckley andJosh Dye
Woman pinned under car wheel outside Sydney primary school

Woman pinned under car wheel outside Sydney primary school

A woman has suffered serious leg injuries after her car rolled back,trapping her and striking another woman and a child,outside a primary school in Sydney's north-west on Wednesday afternoon.

  • byEsther Han
Man seriously injured in wall collapse on Bondi construction site

Man seriously injured in wall collapse on Bondi construction site

The incident occurred on the same site where a different wall collapsed on October 30.

  • byJenny Noyes
Man injured after yachts collide off the coast near Cronulla

Man injured after yachts collide off the coast near Cronulla

Authorities say it was lucky no one was critically injured after the vessels collided off Sydney's coast.

  • byCarrie Fellner
Mother and daughter praised for helping elderly man who fell into creek

Mother and daughter praised for helping elderly man who fell into creek

The man's mobility scooter rolled down an embankment before he fell into Dora Creek at Cooranbong,near Newcastle.

  • byGeorgina Mitchell
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Man dies,children rescued after being swept off rocks near Wollongong,police say

Man dies,children rescued after being swept off rocks near Wollongong,police say

The children were playing in shallow water when they were swept out to sea at about 5.30pm.

  • byGeorgina Mitchell
91-year-old paraglider pilot survives ocean crash off northern beaches

91-year-old paraglider pilot survives ocean crash off northern beaches

A 91-year-old man whose paraglider crashed into the ocean off Sydney's northern beaches this evening has survived the ordeal with only cuts and an injured wrist.

  • byAngus Thompson
'I was screaming':plane crashes into sporting field on Sydney's northern beaches
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'I was screaming':plane crashes into sporting field on Sydney's northern beaches

The plane was about 50 metres above homes when its engine cut out,sending it plummeting towards a busy sporting field.

  • byCarrie Fellner
Investigations under way after historic Camden arcade burns down

Investigations under way after historic Camden arcade burns down

The Whiteman's Arcade was built in 1889,with a second storey placed on the building in 1936.

  • byMary Ward
Tsunamis,hostages and panic buying:deadlines missed for state's disaster plans
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Tsunamis,hostages and panic buying:deadlines missed for state's disaster plans

Review deadlines were missed for 10 out of the state’s 48 emergency management plans,with one still awaiting a review meant to have occurred a decade ago.

  • byCarrie Fellner