Wild storms have hit a number of states with flights affected at Sydney Airport and 1000’s in Brisbane instructed they won’t get energy again till Christmas Day.
Heavy rain on the airport seeped into the home terminal and flooded roads round Mascot this afternoon, inflicting heavy visitors.
Some flights have been diverted and the Sydney Airport web site listed greater than 10 as cancelled.
NSW SES responded to 94 incidents within the three hours to 6pm, with experiences of buildings, roads and houses flooded.
That included 12 flood rescues in metropolitan Sydney, and experiences of 30 townhouses being inundated by flash flooding in Pagewood.
Most of the rescues concerned individuals who who grew to become caught in floodwaters whereas driving.
Little Bay recorded 56 millimetres of rain between 4pm and 5pm.
The Northern Tablelands and elements of the Mid North Coast, North West Slopes and Plains, Riverina and Lower Western districts additionally noticed rain and flash flood warnings.
South-east Queensland is cleansing up after extreme climate introduced hail, making a “white” Christmas.
More than than 55,000 properties have been plunged into darkness as we speak as fallen bushes brought about havoc to the vitality grid.
About 120 powerlines have been nonetheless down throughout the area this night, which means some houses in Logan and Brisbane may very well be with out energy till noon Christmas Day.
Dozens of roads are out of motion in Brisbane and on the Gold Coast.
The small neighborhood of Gatton, west of Toowoomba, copped the worst of it.
Hail stones have been greater than 10 centimetres in dimension and smashed Dianne Castledine’s photo voltaic panels.
“We were all settling in for and looking forward to Christmas Eve and the next minute it was just like bombs were dropping on the roof,” Castledine instructed 9News.
“I have never seen hail like this before, never ever in all my years of driving I have never had hail damage to my car.”
The Wivenhoe Dam west of Brisbane obtained 58 millimetres in simply half-hour and the world noticed greater than 200,000 lightning strikes.
Source: www.9news.com.au
