CANBERRA, Nov 26: A man has been killed and 75,000 properties have been left without power after a series of severe storms lashed New South Wales, eastern Australia, causing widespread damage from Sydney to the state’s west, the ABC broadcaster reported on Wednesday, citing the State Emergency Service (SES).
The storms, characterized by damaging winds gusting over 110 kilometers per hour (68 miles per hour), had torn down trees and electricity lines across the state’s regions of Central West, Central Coast, Illawarra, and Sydney, the broadcaster said. The SES has responded to over 1,000 incidents and expects the clean-up operation to take several days, according to the report.
A 76-year-old man had been struck and killed by a falling tree at his property in Glenworth Valley, ABC said. In a separate incident in Orange, a man sustained multiple injuries when a tree fell on his car during what the SES described as a “ferocious” storm.
The wild weather swept across the state on a scorching day, with temperatures in Sydney reaching 34 degrees Celsius (93 degrees Fahrenheit), the warmest November day in five years. Emergency crews are working to restore power, but repairs are being delayed in some areas due to total fire bans, which require additional safety patrols of power lines. Storms have occurred amid a broader extreme weather event for eastern Australia, which also included catastrophic fire danger ratings and dozens of bushfires across the state. (UNI)
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