NSW weather: Fast and furious storm lashes NSW coast - Daily Telegraph

• Man dead after being hit by flying gs bottle
• 900 calls to SES for help in wild storms
• Sydney Trains delays due to fallen trees, powerlines
• Roofs ripped from homes in Sydney
• Homes affected last week without power again

A man has died after being struck by a flying gas bottle in Sydney during last night’s wild storm.

The 37-year-old was walking along Harrington Street in The Rocks before midnight when a gas bottle is believed to have become airborne and hit him.

He was taken inside a nearby hotel by witnesses but his condition deterioriated before he was transferred to St Vincent’s Hospital where he died.

Police at the scene where a man was struck by a gas bottle during last night’s storm. Picture: Bill Hearne

Meanwhile, Sydney is assessing damage to trees and powerlines after the fierce storm cell moved through the city at 10.30pm.

Thousands of residents, whose power had just been restored after last week’s wild storms, are again facing blackouts thanks to heavy rain and strong winds that battered the city after forming over Richmond, Liverpool, Penrith and Colo Heights.

Trees and power lines were brought down and a roof ripped off a duplex at Belmore. Picture: Bill Hearne

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The storm also felled trees in Dural, Kurrajong Heights and Rhodes.

The fast-moving cell was almost completely out of the harbour city by 11.15pm and wind gusts of up to 101km/h were recorded at Richmond.

The SES received more than 900 calls for help as damaging hail pelted down in the west and bellowing thunder shook homes.

“Never seen a storm like this before,” said one Twitter user, as #SydneyStorm again topped social media.

Torrential rain and high winds have caused havoc across Sydney. Picture: Bill Hearne

Thousands of people across the Hawkesbury, Hornsby, Ryde, Kuringai and the Hills - who already suffered blackouts more than a week ago when Ausgrid struggled to restore power to more than 140,000 properties - are again without power as furious winds pulled down trees and powerlines.

NSW SES spokesman Terri Langendam said more than 100 crews were still responding to more than 400 calls for help at 6am.

“The Hawkesbury had recently been evacuated from floods and they’ve now copped wind. Trees have fallen in already saturated areas,” she said.

Hailstones that fell in Wollongong on Tuesday night. Picture: Madeline Crittenden

The SES is asking people to be patient as crews work through emergency call-outs this morning. Commuters are also being urged to stay off the roads where possible and monitor Live Traffic for updates on road closures.

Sydney Trains has already warned of flow-on delays on the Western and Northern Line due to fallen trees and powerlines.

A fierce lightning storm seen in Sydney’s southwest from St Leonards north of the city. Picture: Damilare Polley

Storms also belted the Illawarra region near Bowral on Tuesday night before moving north towards Sydney.

Last week’s rain brought a massive influx of water into Sydney’s dams, with Warragamba Dam now at more than 80 per cent capacity.

More than 80mm of rain fell into the catchment over the past week.

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