NSW hit by heavy rain, hail and even a tornado
HEAVY rain and hail bombarded Sydney overnight, with flash flooding causing chaos across the CBD even a tornado tearing through Dubbo.
By 5am, NSW SES had responded to 579 emergency calls for help and attended 34 flood rescues.
Social media was inundated with videos and photos of the storm.
Massive hail storm over Sydney caused black-out in the city… and these are the size of the hail stones #SydneyStorm pic.twitter.com/s3VXvO32Eq
— Ben Popplestone (@benpopps) August 24, 2015
Thunderstorm with much hail continues here at #Katoomba @WeathermanABC @VanessaOHanlon @BOM_NSW @702sydney pic.twitter.com/5Jhyr3cuXj
— Pablo Bateson (@PabloFootball) August 24, 2015
A BMW and a Mini swept down Boundary St, Darlinghurst in the #sydneystorm @7NewsSydney pic.twitter.com/aawpTp9c79
— Michael Richards (@0524_mike) August 24, 2015
Never knew Circular Quay had a lake #sydneystorm pic.twitter.com/Yu3iiGEZPr
— Charmaine Wong (@charmaineywong) August 24, 2015
Earlier, video footage emerged of a small tornado over Dubbo. One resident told Nine News the tornado hit late yesterday afternoon, bringing the ceiling down.
@9NewsSyd @TenNewsSydney @7NewsSydney @abcnews #dubbo #tornado pic.twitter.com/dfJnJA1eZB
— Mick (@mick7290) August 24, 2015
It’s understood the tornado has caused damage to at least seven homes.
