Extreme wind warning issued for parts of Australia: Put your car under cover NOW and keep away from trees
- NSW’s South Coast to be lashed by heavy winds
- Gusts of up to 100km/hour forecast
<!–
<!–
<!– <!–
<!–
<!–
<!–
Severely damaging winds are set to lash down across parts of Australia’s east coast, with residents urged to park their cars undercover immediately.
The Bureau of Meteorology warned the heavy wind gusts would be felt along NSW’s south coast on Monday morning and would last well into the night.
Those living in southern Sydney, Wollongong, Nowra, Bowral, Batemans Bay, Eden and Katoomba are all expected to be impacted.
The Bureau said the wild weather was a result of a ‘tightening pressure gradient from a deep low pressure system’ southwest of Tasmania that was producing strong and gusty winds.
Wind gusts of up to 90km/hour are forecast for parts of the Blue Mountains, while gusts could reach up to 100km/hour in the Illawarra region.
In southern Sydney, winds of up to 90km/hour are forecast to lash down over the day.
At about midnight in Nowra, on the South Coast, wind gusts were recorded at 100km/hour.
Winds also lashed down at a speed of 93km/hour in Bellambi, in Wollongong, just after 1am on Monday.
In Dapto, a suburb of Wollongong, part of one home’s tin roof was blown off just after 12.30am on Monday.
Read Related Also: Matt Shirvington officially announced as the new host of Sunrise after David Koch steps down
‘The roof at the back of the house had blown off over the front and taken the wires down,’ Fire and Rescue NSW Dapto Station Officer Bernie Howe told the Illawarra Mercury.
‘Part of the roof was on the street when we got there.’
The suburb also experienced a widespread blackout early on Monday.
More to come
