1/24A man had to be rescued from his car, parked in his driveway in Rupari Pl, Davidson, after live powerlines, brought down by falling trees, fell across it during the storm. Picture: Jim O'Rourke.
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2/24Police warn residents to stay indoors in Andrew St, Davidson, due to fears over stretched powerlines breaking. Picture: Jim O'Rourke.
3/24A tree crashes into a bedroom of a home in Brolga Pl, Belrose. Picture: Jim O'Rourke.
4/24Police warn residents to stay indoors in Andrew St, Davidson, due to fears over stretched powerlines breaking. Picture: Jim O'Rourke.
5/24A man escapes his ute safely after 11,000 volt powerline falls onto his ute. Picture: Jim O'Rourke.
6/24A man escapes his ute safely after 11,000 volt powerline falls onto his ute. Picture: Jim O'Rourke.
7/24A man escapes his ute safely after 11,000 volt powerline falls onto his ute. Picture: Jim O'Rourke.
8/24A man escapes his ute safely after 11,000 volt powerline falls onto his ute. Picture: Jim O'Rourke.
9/24A large trees down at new council playground at Lionel Watts Reserve. Picture: Jim O'Rourke.
10/24Tree falls on house in Blackbutts Ave, Belrose. Picture: Jim O'Rourke.
11/24SES working in Greendale Ave, Frenchs Forest, after storm brings down trees: Picture: Jim O'Rourke.
12/24A car is trapped under a tree at Forest Way, Frenchs Forest. Picture: Jim O'Rourke.
13/24House in Adams Rd Frenchs Forest where fencing destroyed and powerlines in front garden. Picture: Jim O'Rourke
14/24Trees down next to Frenchs Forest Showground. Picture: Jim O'Rourke.
15/24A tree has fallen on a car and a caravan in Arnhem Rd, Allambie Heights. Picture: Jim O'Rourke.
16/24A tree has fallen on a car and a caravan in Arnhem Rd, Allambie Heights. Picture: Jim O'Rourke.
17/24A car badly damaged by a fallen tree branch in Pittwater Rd, Manly. Picture: Jim O'Rourke
18/24The SES in Allambie Heights following a storm that brought down trees. Picture: Jim O'Rourke.
19/24A tree has fallen in Darmour Ave, Allambie Heights. Picture: Jim O'Rourke.
20/24A tree has fallen in Darmour Ave, Allambie Heights. Picture: Jim O'Rourke.
21/24A tree crashes into a bedroom of a home in Brolga Pl, Belrose. Tenant Rachael Jackson and her two daughters Madeline, 13, and Leah, 14, were staying in good spirits despite the prospect of being homeless for a while while their rented home is repaired: Jim O'Rourke.
22/24Mark and Natalie Gauci clearing the front of their home in Wareham Crescent, Frenchs Forest, after a violent storm swept through. Picture: Jim O'Rourke.
23/24A man had to be rescued from his car, parked in his driveway in Rupari Pl, Davidson, after live powerlines, brought down by falling trees, fell across it during the storm. Picture: Jim O'Rourke.
24/24A tree has fallen on a car and a caravan in Arnhem Rd, Allambie Heights. Picture: Jim O'Rourke.
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