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SES cleans up after wild winds wreak havoc - The Syendy Morning Herald

by Megan Levy | October 30, 2013

NSW is mopping up after another extreme weather event, with roofs torn of homes and one woman struck by lightning as severe thunderstorms and gale-force winds tore across a large part of the state.

Just days after State Emergency Service (SES) crews were helping to battle the bushfire emergency around Sydney and the central coast, they were out again on Tuesday afternoon and into Wednesday responding to 740 calls for assistance due to storm damage.

In Sydney, wind gusts of up to 95km/h lashed the harbour and gusts of up to 92km/h hit the city when a southerly change moved through between 1pm and 3pm.

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