NSW weather live: Warnings of ‘damaging winds’ on Thursday, thousands of homes still without power

Sydney’s main dam has spilled over and NSW will see damaging winds as the “bomb cyclone” continues to bring wild weather on Thursday.

NSW will see damaging winds as the “bomb cyclone” continues to bring wild weather, with tens of thousands of homes and businesses remaining in the dark.

Conditions are expected to ease on Thursday but severe weather warnings are in place of wind gusts of up to 100 km/h for parts of the Northern Tablelands, the Mid North Coast hinterland and about the Border Ranges.

“A series of low pressure systems remain in the Tasman Sea,” the Bureau of Meteorology said in a Thursday morning update.

“A secondary low that was moving northwards just offshore from the NSW coast has begun to weaken. Strong to gale force south to southwesterly winds around these lows are generating large and powerful south to southeasterly waves today.”

The NSW State Emergency Service had responded to more than 3800 incidents across the state since the destructive east coast low closed in earlier this week, including 1442 incidents and two flood rescues in the last 24 hours.

The majority of incidents have involved fallen trees and powerlines, damaged properties and vehicles, as well as flood related tasks.

Damaging surf conditions which may lead to coastal erosion and localised damage to coastal infrastructure are likely for coastlines between Seal Rocks and the New South Wales-Victorian border on Thursday.

“Damaging winds are forecast to ease significantly today as the low moves east into the Tasman Sea,” the NSW SES said.

As of Wednesday evening there were around 28,500 homes without power.

Originally published as NSW weather live: Warnings of ‘damaging winds’ on Thursday, thousands of homes still without power