Sydney hit by severe electric storm, causing flooding and transport chaos

Town Hall station flooded, roads blocked and gusts hit 120kmh; one man killed in Cowra after a tree struck his car

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Greater Sydney and other parts of New South Wales have been hit by a severe electric storm causing widespread flooding in the city centre, traffic chaos and forcing the abandonment of an A-League Women’s fixture.

Earlier in the day, an elderly man was killed when a tree fell on his vehicle in high winds in the state’s central west.

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