NSW residents have been warned to brace for severe weather from Tuesday, with damaging winds, torrential rain and possible flooding expected to impact parts of the state.
The Bureau of Meteorology is warning residents in NSW to brace for an unpredictable system that is being called a ‘bomb cyclone’, with the SES activating all volunteers in readiness.
Forecasters are warning a powerful storm could bring 100–200mm of rain, damaging winds, and dangerous surf to the NSW coast, including waves of up to 13 metres in Sydney.
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