- Parts of NSW lashed by storm
- Roofs torn off homes and a warehouse
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Wild weather has ravaged parts of Australia with damaging winds blowing roofs off homes leaving properties destroyed and thousands left without power.
Around nine homes have been damaged when devastating storms lashed parts of the Entrance and Long Jetty, on the NSW Central Coast, around 4pm on Saturday.
The roof of Long Jetty Automotive Engineering, on the corner of Minto Ave and Central Coast Highway, was completely blown off the building, the force of which also brought down some walls.
The roof blew on top of a neighbouring home, with one person trapped under debris.
The Bureau of Meteorology’s Gabrielle Woodhouse said there had been some thunderstorm activity moving about the Central Coast region throughout the day.
‘This storm in particular was caused by some humid and unstable air mass, bringing that destruction to places like Long Jetty,’ she said.
‘We’re anticipating some showers or another thunderstorm out to the west (on Sunday) but we will see some slightly cooler conditions at least.’
Locals have taken to the Long Jetty Community Facebook page as they assess the damage.
‘Looks like a tornado went through,’ said one user.
‘It was crazy and thought our windows were going to blow in and some of the fence has fallen too,’ said another.
A roof was blown onto a home on the NSW Central Coast on Saturday afternoon after damagin winds tore the roof off a factory
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The weather bureau said the damage was caused by an ‘intense’ and ‘fast moving’ storm which rapidly moved through the area.
Trees and powerlines collapsed across several roads in the area as the town was hit by flash flooding.
A severe weather warning for greater Sydney and the Illawarra was issue after a cool change came through around the afternoon
Sydney is expected to be hit by 70km/h wind gusts by Saturday evening which could intensify to 90km/h later tonight.
A warning for severe thunderstorms threatening large hail and damaging winds is also in place for the Hunter, South Coast, Snowy Mountains and Mid-North Coast forecast districts.
The severe weather comes as NSW sweltered through 40 degree heat.
Penrith and Richmond in Sydney’s west hit 43C while Badgerys Creek, Forbes and Coondobolin in the state’s Central West hit 44C.
Total fire bans have also been issued across five districts across the state with firefighters battling to contain dozens of blazes that are burning out of control.
Health authorities earlier urged around 100,000 concertgoers attending events across Sydney to stay in the shade and keep themselves hydrated by drinking plenty of water.
The damage was caused by an ‘intense’ and ‘fast moving’ weather system after a cool change swept through the state in the late afternoon
Around nine properties across the NSW north-coast were badly damaged (pictured) after a cool change brought damaging winds which tore roofs of several homes in the area
A damaging winds brought flash flooding to areas across the NSW north coast with Sydney expecting wind gusts of up to 90km/h later tonight
