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News.com.au
01-07-2025
- Climate
- News.com.au
‘Destructive': Winds, rain from NSW ‘bomb cyclone' to intensify as workers ordered to stay home
'Destructive' winds and rain from a 'bomb cyclone' system are forecast to smash millions of Aussies across the NSW coast – and the conditions are only set to intensify in the coming days. The Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) have warned that winds will intensify on Wednesday morning for southern Queensland. Sydney's eastern suburbs and coastal fringes, including Illawarra and the south coast, could face significant damage from destructive wind gusts reaching up to 125km/h. BOM senior meteorologist Jonathan How said heavy rainfall could occur south of Wollongong, with heavy falls also reaching up to Sydney. Residents could be pelted with up to 120mm of rain over a six-hour period, which could lead to flash flooding, he said. The low pressure system will push north on Wednesday and continue lashing the coast with strong winds. Later in the day another low pressure system is expected to appear that will intensify and reinforce the winds and rain across the NSW south coast. Conditions are not expected to ease until late Thursday – by which time rainfall totals in the area south of Wollongong could have exceeded 200mm. Waves along the coast could exceed 6m as they hit the shore. 'With winds set to intensify and heavy rain continuing and the addition of coastal hazards, we could see some dangerous conditions out there over the next few days,' Mr How said. Millions have been told to stay home amid the freak weather event as ferry, bus and train services are impacted or outright cancelled. Dozens of roads have been flooded in areas such as Byron Bay and Jervis Bay, while highways in Sydney have also experienced flash flooding. Transport for NSW Coordinator-General Howard Collins warned commuters to stay home if they had that option. 'Whether you're travelling by car or catching public transport please allow plenty of extra time to get to your destination,' Mr Collins said. Train services along the T1 North Shore Line were cancelled late on Tuesday due to flooding on the tracks at Town Hall. Around 30,000 people were left without power, including 13,000 in the Newcastle area, due to the storm. Multiple ferry routes have also been cancelled. People who have lose power are likely to continue going without throughout Wednesday. Since the storm started the NSW SES have responded to more than 900 call-out statewide, but the agency warned that incidents are increasing.
BBC News
21-06-2025
- BBC News
Sunken Bayesian superyacht raised from seabed near Sicily
The Bayesian had been anchored off the port of a small fishing village, Porticello, when it sank in the early hours of 19 August last year. Witnesses at the time recalled watching it disappear within "a few minutes" during freak weather. Among the victims were Mr Lynch, 59, and his daughter Hannah; Morgan Stanley International bank chairman Jonathan Bloomer, 70, and his wife, Judy Bloomer, 71, who were all British nationals. US lawyer Chris Morvillo and his wife Neda Morvillo, and Canadian-Antiguan national Recaldo Thomas, who was working as a chef on the vessel, also died in the sinking. Fifteen people, including Mr Lynch's wife, Angela Bacares, were rescued.
