Sydney Trains, NSW fire, weather updates: Severe storm cripples rail system, power outages spread across state
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Key events
26 Nov 2025 - 02:22 PM
Blacktown resembles war zone as SES move in
26 Nov 2025 - 02:18 PM
Sydney trains boss says afternoon peak a nightmare
26 Nov 2025 - 01:39 PM
‘Your lives are at risk’: RFS warning as massive fire rages
26 Nov 2025 - 01:31 PM
Corowa fire escalating quickly
26 Nov 2025 - 01:28 PM
NSW storms turn deadly as man killed by falling tree
26 Nov 2025 - 01:14 PM
Ausgrid pleads with customers to stay clear of power lines
26 Nov 2025 - 12:56 PM
‘Too late to leave’: Second fire erupts in country NSW
26 Nov 2025 - 12:47 PM
Transport NSW issue update as train lines shut down
26 Nov 2025 - 12:16 PM
Mother and baby rescued after tree falls on home
26 Nov 2025 - 11:49 AM
‘Very dangerous’: Major power outages spreading across regional NSW
26 Nov 2025 - 11:31 AM
Sydney Trains warn customers to delay travel
26 Nov 2025 - 10:56 AM
Over 50k without power in Western Sydney after massive storm
26 Nov 2025 - 10:44 AM
NSW train chaos as storm brings down power lines
26 Nov 2025 - 10:36 AM
‘Leave now’ fire warning issued for area around Pacific Highway
26 Nov 2025 - 10:29 AM
Images flood in as large parts of NSW hammered by freak storm
26 Nov 2025 - 10:02 AM
Urgent safety advice from BOM, SES
26 Nov 2025 - 09:48 AM
BOM issue severe thunderstorm alert for Sydney and surrounds
26 Nov 2025 - 05:52 AM
Fire danger closes 25 NSW public schools
26 Nov 2025 - 05:31 AM
Rules for total fire ban
26 Nov 2025 - 05:07 AM
Total fire bans for 11 regions in NSW, other states on alert
26 Nov 2025 - 05:06 AM
Worst bushfire risk in years prompts calls for caution
Total fire bans for 11 regions in NSW, other states on alert
Temperatures up to 37 degrees are forecast for Dubbo on Wednesday after maximums of 38 degrees took their toll on Tuesday.
Total fire bans are in place for a further 10 regions of NSW, including greater Sydney, Illawarra and the Hunter.
An elevated fire danger is also forecast in the southern interior of Queensland.
The warnings of increased bushfire danger come as the country is still reeling from a deadly start to bushfire season.
Country Fire Service member and 30-year firefighter Peter Curtis died on Sunday while battling a scrub fire on the Eyre Peninsula in South Australia.
Another bushfire in northeast Tasmania has burned since Saturday, with authorities advising people in the Curries River Reservoir area to monitor conditions.
Worst bushfire risk in years prompts calls for caution
Forecasts of soaring temperatures and damaging wind gusts have prompted authorities to raise bushfire alerts to their highest levels in more than two years.
More than 20 public schools across central NSW will close on Wednesday after the state’s Rural Fire Service issued a warning for catastrophic fire danger.
The Lower Central West Plains - including the regional hubs of Dubbo, Parkes and Forbes - is bracing for the highest level of bushfire conditions, meaning people there should consider leaving fire risk areas and stay out of paddocks and bushland.
No region of NSW has had a catastrophic fire danger forecast since September 2023.
Extreme danger warnings and total fire bans have also been declared for millions of residents, including those in metropolitan Sydney, as wind gusts of more than 90km/h are expected on Wednesday in southern NSW and Victoria.
“(Winds are) combining with warm to hot temperatures and really dry air and that is elevating fire dangers across the region,” the Bureau of Meteorology’s Sarah Scully said.
