Torrential rain brought 52mm of rainfall in just 90 minutes across Sydney’s CBD today as the east coast was battered by a fierce and stormy rain bomb.
Large parts of New South Wales were warned to stay indoors as thunderstorms smashed the coast, with flash flooding causing chaos across Sydney.
Thunderstorms rolled across the state, bringing with them giant hail, destructive winds and heavy rainfall after the Bureau of Meteorology warned an “unsettled” day of wild weather was ahead.
Sydney was smashed with thunderstorms and heavy rain led to flash flooding across the CBD, Inner West and eastern suburbs.
Roads in Strathfield in the city’s Inner West became rivers and caused traffic chaos, along with parts of Parramatta and the eastern suburbs.
