Power outage
NSW coast declared ‘no-go zone’ after one-in-100 year swell warning
Swells up to 10 metres offshore and exceeding five metres on the coast have been forecast as wild weather whips up dangerous surf.
- Jack Gramenz
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Holiday park smashed, crane snapped as freak storm hits coast
About 15 powerlines were downed, a crane was snapped, and homes were battered in a short-lived but intense storm that centred over Southport.
- Catherine Strohfeldt
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- Weather
Severe storms ‘likely’ as 77,000 still without power
The severe hailstorm that lashed south-east Queensland has been declared an insurance catastrophe, and the Bureau of Meteorology warns many of the areas slammed by Monday’s wild storm could be affected again.
- Felicity Caldwell
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- Weather
Smoke blankets scorching city as thousands still without power after storm
It was still about 32 degrees and 19,042 were without power in Brisbane on Monday evening.
- William Davis and Julius Dennis
Hundreds of Perth homes left without electricity for hours after horror crash
Two people are in intensive care tonight after their car lost control and flipped in Perth’s south-east, crashing into a power pole and causing an outage.
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- Public transport
Hellish commute home after 24 hours of pain on Sydney’s trains
Train passengers were urged to head home early to avoid overcrowding on Sydney’s rail network as major service disruptions roll on.
- Alexandra Smith, Christopher Harris and Megan Gorrey
Sydney train passengers urged to stay home as ‘significant’ delays cripple network
Premier Chris Minns has acknowledged the disruptions were “nowhere near good enough” as a power outage caused cascading delays to train services on Wednesday.
- Megan Gorrey and Riley Walter
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- Public transport
‘Delay all non-essential travel’: Commuters warned to expect more train chaos
Sydney train commuters have been warned to delay all non-essential travel or expect significant delays across most train lines on Wednesday morning as multiple services are cancelled following power supply issues at Strathfield station.
- Megan Gorrey, Anthony Segaert, Josefine Ganko and Emily Kaine
- Analysis
- Public transport
Sydney’s commuters are sick of delays regardless of who is to blame
Commuters do not look for scapegoats. They just want the trains to run, and on time.
- Alexandra Smith
Sydney train delays as it happened: Commuters face chaos as power outage at Strathfield halts services; Transport for NSW defends maintenance of live wires
Sydney commuters try to make it home amid the latest round of train disruptions.
- Josefine Ganko