A wind change has brought relief to residents of a NSW Upper Hunter Valley town who had been in the line of an out-of-control bushfire.
As the NSW RFS continues to survey the damage caused by bushfires early this week,the NSW SES were inundated with calls due to damaging winds.
It is feared the 71-year-old man,who left his home in Dundas on Friday morning to go fishing in the national park,was swept off the rocks.
Strong winds are expected to remain on Tuesday after dozens of flights were cancelled or delayed at Sydney Airport on Monday.
A low-pressure system has dumped up to 200 millimetres of rain along the coast,but the gloomy conditions will be short-lived.
One year on from a record-breaking disaster that killed four people and left thousands homeless,little has been done to fix the Northern Rivers flood warning system.
The NSW SES made 12 flood rescues and attended 377 call-outs in the 24 hours to 5am Wednesday,including a collapsed ceiling at a Sydney nursing home.
Parts of Sydney experienced another heavy dump of rain late on Friday afternoon after a severe thunderstorm on Thursday lashed the city,causing widespread damage and traffic chaos.
The next in line to the throne has held a video call with first-responders and locals saying the devastation seems “to be occurring more often”.
Police say time is critical in the search for Ronald Weaver who suffers from Alzheimer’s and was last seen on Woolcott Avenue in Wahroonga on Tuesday morning.
A thick blanket of sea fog has greeted early risers in coastal parts of Sydney on Boxing Day after a hot and sunny Christmas,with the sunshine set to return to the city later in the morning.