Storm hits Sydney, next stop NZ
Page 1 of 2 11:30AM Wednesday June 20, 2007
Heavy winds fuelled last week the waves at Harbord in Sydney, Australia. Photo / Reuters
A storm sweeping over the Tasman Sea means trouble for New Zealand over the next few days.
The violent weather off the coast south of Sydney is bringing destructive winds, heavy rains, damaging surf and snow to large parts of NSW.
Sydney has escaped a battering from predicted hurricane force winds with a huge storm in the Tasman Sea easing and moving slowly away from coast, the Bureau of Meteorology (BoM) says.
Senior forecaster Peter Zmijewski says winds up to 55km/h along the NSW coastline from southern Sydney to the south coast are expected to ease and the storm's threat will have passed by midday (AEST).
"We are expecting these winds to gradually ease later this morning," he said today.
Forecasts yesterday predicted storm winds of up to 125km/h would hit Sydney, the south coast, Central Coast, and the Hunter region today.
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