NSW weather: at least 33,000 without power as storm brings surf warnings and flooding to south coast | Australia weather

Thousands of people are without electricity through South New Wales after strong winds and heavy rains beat the state, with gusts of wind up to 130 km / h and several places receiving more than 200 mm of rain.

The Emergency Service of the State of the NSW responded to more than 2,870 incidents since a vigorous coastal blow began to make fun of the east coast of the State, bringing intense precipitation and strong winds.

The majority of incidents involved fallen trees, electric lines and damaged roofs, said SSE NSW. The flood rescue teams also responded to numerous incidents related to sudden floods around Shoalhaven on Tuesday during the night.

Wednesday morning, at least 33,000 people stayed without electricity, according to operators of the Ausgrid network, Energe Energe and Essential Energy.

Residents of the entrance to Wamberal and the North on the central coast of New South Wales were invited to evacuate Tuesday due to coastal erosion, with warnings continuing on Wednesday morning for dangerous waves that could considerably damage buildings, and the Knocking NSW to the affected people.

The Bureau of Meteorology reported widespread falls from 50 to 100 mm across Illawarra and the South Coast in the 9 p.m. at 6 a.m. on Wednesday.

The important precipitation totals included Morton, who received 242 mm, Ulladulla 223 mm, Willinga Lake 203 mm and Fitzroy Falls and Robertson both received 200 mm.

Wind gusts of 130 km / h were recorded in Wattamolla, 122 km / h on the island of Montague, 104 km / h in Penrith and 104 km / h in Ulladulla, and 102 km / h, the gusts were recorded in Sydney Harbor, according to the office.

The dangerous conditions were not yet finished, said the meteorologist of the office Helen Reid, with many warnings still in place on Wednesday.

“There is a severe meteorological warning to damage the winds and strong precipitation, which extends through the coastal bangs of NSW from Forster to Bega in the alpine areas of certain parts of the southern tables and the North plateaus.”

Average wind gusts with 60 to 70 km / h were planned and the possibility of gusts up to 110 km / h. The affected areas included Newcastle, Gosford, Sydney, Wollongong, Armidale, Batemans Bay, Testfield, Moruya Heads and Penrith.

“Winds could shoot down trees or members of trees, lead to dangerous driving conditions due to crossed winds or debris across the roads, [and] Led to power outages and possible damage to cars and goods, ”said Reid.

A driver was in critical condition after a tree fell and crushed his truck to Moss Vale in the highlands of southern NSW overnight. NSW police said the 55 -year -old driver was unconscious when police and emergency workers had extracted him. He was treated for serious head injuries and torso before being transported to the hospital.

The conditions remained dangerous along the coast, through an area that extends from seal rocks to the Victorian border, with the potential to damage surfing, coastal erosion and infrastructure damage.

Surveillance of the widespread floods was still in place for watersheds through the hunter, the central coast and the tables, Illawarra and the southern coast, with the expectation of minor to moderate floods in the coming days.

The NSW SES has issued emergency flood warnings for residents of Lake Burrill – where around 200 properties were affected by floods, some at ground level – to take refuge. Sanctuary Point residents were also under an emergency warning to move to higher ground due to floods.

Surveillance and act warnings have been in place due to floods for Lake Congjola, Lake Burrill and Lake Tabourie.

The SS State Operations Center had received more than 2,390 calls for help in the last 24 hours.

More than 1,900 volunteers and emergency services were on the ground, said SS on Wednesday morning, helping residents crowded sand, door residents to threat, tartar roofs, searching for disappeared and withdrawal from the debris from roads and properties.

“There are a lot of debris on the roads. The trees have fallen. The electric lines are broken. The roads are also very slippery. There have been several car accidents, and we ask people to pay attention to the roads,” said the assistant commissioner, Debbie Platz.

“I remind everyone that we have not yet left the woods.”

Transport for NSW has advised passengers avoiding non -essential travel.

The replacement buses operated on parts of the blue mountain line and the Western T1 line due to the fell trees. Buses also replaced the trains on part of the central coast and Newcastle lines, due to aerial wiring repairs.

Several flights had already been canceled on Wednesday because the bad weather caused delays and changes to the calendar, the single track operations that should continue.

People traveling Wednesday or Thursday were invited to check their flight status.

“We regret the impact of this on the travel plans of the guests and work hard to reagen the affected guests and ensure that they reach their destination as soon as possible,” said a spokesperson for Virgin Australia.

The lowest vigorous coastal, which still lingered off the central coast of Illawarra, was to continue to direct the weather in eastern South Wales for a large part of Wednesday, before gradually securing Thursday.