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Wild weather rips through NSW - 7News

by | October 29, 2013

A woman has been struck by lightning, a couple trapped when their car was wrapped in fallen powerlines and roofs blown away by wild weather in NSW.

Large hailstones and damaging winds thrashed parts of the state on Tuesday, with the hardest hit areas south and north of Sydney making up a large proportion of emergency call outs.

The NSW State Emergency Service (SES) received 630 calls for assistance by 6:30pm on Tuesday, while Ausgrid received 500 reports of hazards on the electricity network and worked to restore power to 9000 homes in Sydney and the Central Coast.

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