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Train lines and bus routes across NSW have been plunged into chaos as a freak weather system – equivalent to a category 1 cyclone – continues to smash the state.

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More flights axed, chaos as storm shifts

Flights have been cancelled, thousands remain in the dark and commuters face ongoing disruptions amid a freak storm – equivalent to a category 1 cyclone – in NSW.

WAMBERAL, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos - JULY 2, 2025: Bulldozers reinforced the edges of damaged properties along Wamberal beach on the Central Coast on Wednesday morning. The impacts from the vigorous coastal low pressure system Ã also referred to as a bomb cyclone Ã will increase in the days ahead, with New South Wales and Queensland residents to face bucketing rain and damaging winds. Picture: NewsWire / Nikki Short

‘Diabolical’: Fury as mansions swallowed up

A row of waterfront mansions are close to collapsing into the ocean as massive swell erodes the beach. One fed-up homeowner says it exposes a “diabolical” failure.

Europe gets hit with massive heatwave

‘Stop f**king moaning’: Poms slammed

An English cricket legend has lashed out at his countrymen over their reaction to the heatwave, with Spain and England experiencing record-breaking temperatures.

Millions have been told to stay home amid the freak “cyclone bomb” staring down the NSW coastline, which has sparked commuter chaos on ferries, buses, trains and airplanes.

If you live here, work from home today

Millions of Aussies have been told to stay home and avoid travelling if necessary after a freak “cyclone bomb” sparked commuter chaos and led to services being cancelled.

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A huge street tree in Anzac Avenue, Engadine, outside the Jehova's Witnesses church, was uprooted by today's ferocious wind. Monty Montgomery posted the photo on the Engadine / Heathcote Community Facebook Page.

Church smashed by tree in strong winds

Wild winds have caused havoc in Sydney, with a church smashed, cars trapped and rail services disrupted during an afternoon of wild weather that could worsen over the weekend.

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CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos - January 16, 2025: Prime Minister Anthony Albanese holds a press conference at Parliament House in Canberra. Picture: NewsWire / Martin Ollman

Surprise issue that could swing election

New polling has revealed an under-the-radar issue which could swing voters in vital key seats the both sides must either retain or are looking to win.

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Thousands without power as deadly storm rips through NSW

Thousands without power as deadly storm rips through NSW

Wind, rain, lightning as ‘crazy storm’ hits Sydney

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Lightning storms and strong winds hit Sydney. Picture: Facebook

What wild storms say about possible La Niña

Deadly storms that lashed parts of Australia this week could be just a taste of what is to come this summer, according to the latest predictions.

Australia is set to be smashed by rain and storms. Picture: Weatherzone.

Millions warned as rain, 100km/h winds lash state

A man has died in a severe storm as parts of Australia have been lashed by winds reaching upwards of 100km/h and rain and hail wreck crops.

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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos OCTOBER 16, 2024: Council workers clean up what Randwick council describes as possible tar balls that have washed up on Coogee Beach. Coogee Beach has been closed until further after mysterious, black, ball-shaped debris was located washed along the length of the beach.Picture: NewsWire / Damian Shaw

Update after gross find shut nine beaches

After beachgoers ignored warnings of ‘polluted water’, council workers have cleaned up and reopened most affected beaches in northern Sydney.

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos OCTOBER 16, 2024: Suspected tar balls that have washed up on Coogee Beach. Coogee Beach has been closed until further after mysterious, black, ball-shaped debris was located washed along the length of the beach.Picture: NewsWire / Damian Shaw

Nine Sydney beaches shut after gross find

The beaches will be closed “until further notice” as the EPA works to identify the cause of bizarre debris that has washed ashore.

Penguin Island off Rockingham in Perth's south. Photo: Facebook

Call for tourist ban on Aussie island

Residents south of Perth have called on the state government to ban visitors to a popular island to protect a species whose numbers have dwindled by 97 per cent.

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Storms loom for much of eastern Australia throughout the coming week, with multiple capitals in the firing line.The Bureau of Meteorology has forecast a potential storm for Sydney tomorrow, followed by showers of rain all through to next Monday.Rain is also forecast for Melbourne on Wednesday and Thursday, and for Brisbane later in the week. Picture: Weatherzone

Golf ball-sized hail warning for Aussies

Australians have been warned to brace for golf ball-sized hail and flash flooding, as thunderstorms are set to sweep the nation.

Two whole regions in the country are now under alert.

Earthquake hits Japan, tsunami warning

Japan has been rattled by a magnitude 6.9 earthquake, prompting the government to issue a tsunami advisory.

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