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Khaleej Times
02-07-2025
- Climate
- Khaleej Times
Wild storm in Sydney disrupts flights, thousands without power
A wild weather system pummelled Sydney for a second day on Wednesday, with the storm forcing the cancellation of dozens of flights, bringing down trees and taking out power to thousands of homes in Australia's southeast. Qantas Airways and Virgin Australia, Australia's biggest airlines, have together cancelled at least 55 domestic flights in and out of Sydney on Wednesday, the airport's website showed. Some international flights have been delayed. Sydney's train services have also been disrupted, with authorities urging people to avoid non-essential travel. "Be really careful. It's really wild out there, if you can delay travel, please do so," New South Wales state Emergency Services Chief Superintendent Dallas Burnes told ABC News. "As people wake today and see the damage from last night, we're expecting a very busy day." A coastal low-pressure system, described by meteorologists as a "bomb cyclone", smashed Australia's southeast coast overnight with wind gusts of more than 100 kph (62 mph), uprooting trees and damaging power lines. Roughly one month's worth of rain fell over six hours in some regions. The weather phenomenon forms quickly and causes air pressure to drop significantly within a short period of time. More than 35,000 properties are without power in New South Wales, Australia's most populous state, after the storm overnight, outage data showed. Several roads in the state's Illawara region south of Sydney have been closed due to flooding and fallen trees. Evacuation orders were issued due to coastal erosion in the Central Coast region, while dozens of warnings remain for wind damage and flash flooding. Conditions are expected to worsen through Wednesday before the system eases and move into the Tasman Sea, and then track toward New Zealand on Thursday. New Zealand's National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research said the low-pressure system could bring heavy rain and strong winds to the country's North Island on Thursday and into the weekend.
Straits Times
02-07-2025
- Climate
- Straits Times
Wild storm in Sydney disrupts flights, thousands without power
Sign up now: Get ST's newsletters delivered to your inbox A wild weather system pummelled Sydney for a second day on July 2, with the storm forcing the cancellation of dozens of flights. SYDNEY - A wild weather system pummelled Sydney for a second day on July 2, with the storm forcing the cancellation of dozens of flights, bringing down trees and taking out power to thousands of homes in Australia's south-east. Qantas Airways and Virgin Australia, Australia's biggest airlines, have together cancelled at least 55 domestic flights in and out of Sydney on July 2, the airport's website showed. Some international flights have been delayed. Sydney's train services have also been disrupted, with authorities urging people to avoid non-essential travel. 'Be really careful. It's really wild out there, if you can delay travel, please do so,' New South Wales state Emergency Services Chief Superintendent Dallas Burnes told ABC News. 'As people wake today and see the damage from last night, we're expecting a very busy day.' A coastal low-pressure system, described by meteorologists as a 'bomb cyclone', smashed Australia's south-east coast overnight with wind gusts of more than 100kph, uprooting trees and damaging power lines. Roughly one month's worth of rain fell over six hours in some regions. The weather phenomenon forms quickly and causes air pressure to drop significantly within a short period of time. Top stories Swipe. Select. Stay informed. World US Senate approves divisive Trump spending Bill Singapore A second chance to excel: 3,800 private candidates taking O- and A-level exams in 2025 Multimedia Right on track: Meet the new JB-Singapore RTS Link train Opinion US strikes on Iran: The impact ripples on, from Baghdad to Beijing Singapore 'He fought till the end': Man who survived acid attack as a baby dies of cancer at 26 Singapore Judge rejects woman's claim that she owns 99% of Bukit Timah condo mostly paid for by ex-boyfriend Asia Thai PM's suspension could spell end of Shinawatra clan's era of political dominance Life Sean 'Diddy' Combs jury asks to review Casandra Ventura's testimony More than 35,000 properties are without power in New South Wales, Australia's most populous state, after the storm overnight, outage data showed. Several roads in the state's Illawara region south of Sydney have been closed due to flooding and fallen trees. Evacuation orders were issued due to coastal erosion in the Central Coast region, while dozens of warnings remain for wind damage and flash flooding. Conditions are expected to worsen through July 2 before the system eases and move into the Tasman Sea, and then track towards New Zealand on July 3. New Zealand's National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research said the low-pressure system could bring heavy rain and strong winds to the country's North Island on July 3 and into the weekend. REUTERS
ABC News
01-07-2025
- Climate
- ABC News
NSW SES responds to over 1,000 calls as heavy rain batters parts of the state
Chief Superintendent Dallas Burnes from NSW SES says there's "significant" property damage across the state's south coast.
The Independent
01-07-2025
- Climate
- The Independent
‘Bomb cyclone' brings extreme rain, floods and damaging winds to Australia's east coast
A rapidly intensifying low-pressure system known as a ' bomb cyclone ' is lashing Australia 's eastern coast with torrential rain and winds of up to 110 kmph, raising fears of flash floods, coastal erosion and major transport disruptions. Millions of people from Coffs Harbour to Bega are in the path of the storm, which is expected to dump over 100 mm of rain in just hours, including up to 200 mm on the central coast. Greater Sydney alone is likely to see 120 mm rain over a six-hour period, according to the Bureau of Meteorology. Intense winds and rainfall were already hitting areas from the Mid North Coast to Bega, including Sydney and the Illawarra region, on Tuesday. People in most of coastal Sydney were advised to stay indoors as dangerous winds hit the city, including gusts in excess of 125kmph. And state authorities warned the worst was yet to come. 'It may seem pretty bad but the terrible thing is the situation is going to worsen over the course of the next 24 hours, particularly later this afternoon and into the evening tomorrow,' NSW emergency services minister Jihad Dib noted. 'We are asking people to be as prepared as they possibly can be. That system stretches as far from the Mid North Coast down to potentially Bega on the South Coast. Just the sheer size of it is quite enormous.' NSW State Emergency Service operations manager Dallas Burnes said: 'We're already starting to see the impacts – 600 incidents responded to in the last 24 hours and over a thousand of our volunteers out helping their communities already.' He warned: 'We are really concerned about flash flooding, particularly around the commute home for people this afternoon, as we see those rainfall figures escalate throughout the day.' The bureau said the storm's peak impact was forecast for Wednesday, with a risk of flash flooding in areas such as Wallis Lake near Taree, which was hit hard by deadly floods in May. Weather warnings cover a wide swathe of New South Wales, including Newcastle, Gosford, Sydney, Wollongong, and Port Macquarie, where saturated soils from previous floods raise the risk of trees toppling in gusts forecast up to 125 kmph. A bomb cyclone is a storm system that undergoes "bombogenesis", a term used by meteorologists when a large storm rapidly strengthens over a 24-hour period, according to forecaster AccuWeather. While the vast majority of such storms occur over the ocean, the storm can be both tropical and non-tropical. Meteorologist Milton Speer warned this storm's rapid deepening could steer it closer to heavily populated areas. 'When the surface low is more fully developed east of the coast overnight or tomorrow morning under the upper trough, dumb-belling of the surface low is likely to send it closer to the Central and Hunter coasts, returning rain and strong winds to those areas.' He added that research showed the climate crisis had pushed east coast lows to form further south and further offshore than in the past. Experts say that unusually warm ocean temperatures off Australia 's east coast are fuelling the storm's intensity by adding moisture to the atmosphere. 'It seems safe to say that the current very high water temperatures off the eastern Australian coast would help such systems to become intense,' Dr Martin Jucker, senior research fellow in the climate change research centre at the University of New South Wales, said. Conditions are expected to ease by Thursday, but officials are urging residents to be prepared.
1News
01-07-2025
- Climate
- 1News
Millions in path of 'bomb cyclone' as rain hits Australia's east
A "bomb cyclone" is set to dump more than 100mm of rain in the space of hours on Australia's east coast, along with damaging winds of up to 110km/h. Millions of residents from Coffs Harbour south to Bega are in the path of a fast-moving, severe low-pressure system intensifying off the NSW north coast. The rapidly deepening system is known as a "bomb cyclone", although the meteorological term is generally used sparingly so as not to incite panic, the Bureau of Meteorology said. It's already sparked heavy rain, strong winds and hazardous surf, and up to 120mm of rain is expected to lash Greater Sydney alone over the next six hours. NSW SES state operations manager Dallas Burnes said the emergency calls have already started to roll across the state as the system intensifies. ADVERTISEMENT "We're already starting to see the impacts — 600 incidents responded to in the last 24 hours and over a thousand of our volunteers out helping their communities already," he told Nine's Today programme on Tuesday. "We are really concerned about flash flooding, particularly around the commute home for people this afternoon, as we see those rainfall figures escalate throughout the day," Burnes warned. The peak impact of the system is forecast to happen on Wednesday, and there's a risk of flash flooding at Wallis Lake near Taree on the mid-north coast of NSW. Taree was one of the towns hard hit by floods in May that killed five people and damaged thousands of properties. Weather warnings have been issued for Taree, Newcastle, Gosford, Sydney, Wollongong and Port Macquarie The mid north coast region is an area of concern for emergency services because of the soil is still saturated from the May floods. "If they get those gusts up to 125km an hour, we are going to see trees come down," Burnes added. ADVERTISEMENT The deepening coastal low will also result in dangerous beach conditions, coastal erosion and damage to the NSW coast from Seal Bay to Batemans Bay, the bureau warned. The heaviest rain was expected on the state's central coast, with totals of up to 200mm possible, although a "subtle shift" in conditions could move those falls to Sydney or the mid-north coast. Coastal communities were urged to prepare ahead of the storm by tying down loose items and moving cars away from trees. Conditions were expected to ease by Thursday.
