Sydney extreme weather warning: put your car undercover now
Extreme wind warning issued for parts of Australia: stop your car NOW and stay clear of trees
- The south coast of NSW is battered by strong winds
- Wind gusts of up to 100 km/h are predicted
Severely damaging winds will sweep across parts of Australia’s east coast, urging residents to park their cars under cover immediately.
The Bureau of Meteorology warned that heavy gusts of wind would be felt along the south coast of NSW on Monday morning and would continue well into the night.
Those living in southern Sydney, Wollongong, Nowra, Bowral, Batemans Bay, Eden and Katoomba are all expected to be affected.
The Bureau said the blustery weather was the result of a “tightening of the pressure gradient of a deep low-pressure system” southwest of Tasmania that brought strong and gusty winds.
The Bureau of Meteorology warned that heavy wind gusts would be felt along the south coast of NSW on Monday morning and would continue well into the night
Wind gusts of up to 90 km/h are forecast for parts of the Blue Mountains, while wind gusts of up to 100 km/h can reach the Illawarra region.
In southern Sydney, wind speeds of up to 90 km/h are predicted during the day.
Around midnight, wind gusts with speeds of 100 km/h were recorded in Nowra, on the south coast.
Winds were also recorded reaching 93 km/hr in Bellambi, in Wollongong, just after 1am on Monday.
In Dapto, a suburb of Wollongong, part of a house’s tin roof was blown off just after 12:30 p.m. on Monday.
Wind gusts of up to 90 km/h are forecast for parts of the Blue Mountains, while gusts of up to 100 km/h can reach the Illawarra region (pictured are people in windy conditions in Sydney)
“The roof at the back of the house had blown away over the front and the wires had been pulled down,” Fire and Rescue NSW Dapto Station Officer Bernie Howe told the Illawarra Mercury.
“Part of the roof was on the street when we got there.”
The suburb also experienced a widespread power outage early Monday morning.