SES receives more than 100 calls for help as severe weather hits Sydney - The Daily Telegraph

THE State Emergency Service has received more than 100 calls for help for leaky roofs and fallen trees as a severe thunderstorm ripped through Sydney this afternoon.

Hundreds of SES volunteers have left their Christmas dinners to respond to reports of trees falling down on sheds, fences, cars, powerlines and across roads.

Most calls have come from Camden and Campbelltown with one family returning from their Christmas lunch to find a tree had crashed through the front of their house causing the roof to collapse.

SES volunteer Dave Newman said the children were crying when they saw their house.

“It one of those unwanted Christmas gifts you wish you could return to mother nature,” he said.

The severe storm warning was cancelled for Sydney and most of the state at 7.45pm.

It remains in place, however, for the mid north coast and the Hunter region where heavy rainfall may lead to flash flooding.

The heaviest rainfalls in Sydney were recorded in the western suburbs and on the Northern Beaches. Camden received 32 mm followed by Ingleburn with 25mm.

Meanwhile, Terrey Hills recorded 25mm, Monavale 30mm and Avalon 31mm.

The most severe weather was reported 20km east of Cowra where a storm spotter observed 20mm of rain in 10 minutes, estimated 4cm hail and 90km/h wind gusts earlier today.

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