{"id":174339,"date":"2025-02-10T16:32:20","date_gmt":"2025-02-10T06:32:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=174339"},"modified":"2025-02-10T16:32:32","modified_gmt":"2025-02-10T06:32:32","slug":"severe-thunderstorms-giant-hail-and-intense-rain-batter-huge-parts-of-nsw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=174339","title":{"rendered":"Severe thunderstorms, giant hail and intense rain batter huge parts of NSW"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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.\ufeff<\/p>\n\n\n\n

L\ufeffarge parts of New South Wales<\/a> were warned to stay indoors as thunderstorms smashed the coast, with flash flooding causing chaos across Sydney.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Flooding in Parramatta. (Facebook)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Town Hall Station flooded after torrential ran. (Supplied)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Sydney was smashed with thunderstorms and heavy rain led to flash flooding across the CBD, Inner West and eastern suburbs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Roads in Strathfield in the city’s Inner West \ufeffbecame rivers and caused traffic chaos, along with parts of Parramatta and the eastern suburbs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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