Sydney weather live blog: NSW residents told to bunker down for wild night - Photos by Christopher Getts

Sydney weather live blog: NSW residents told to bunker down for wild night - Blog Link

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June 4, 2016 - 9:49PM

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Patrick Begley, Francesca Wallace

• The Bureau of Meteorology has issued a severe weather warning for most of NSW
• Winds reached up to 117km/hr in Sydney, and 102km/h in Wollongong on Saturday
• A low pressure system is moving south from Queensland, bringing with it rain and gale force wind
• The worst of the weather is expected to hit Sydney at dawn on Sunday morning
• Waves of up to 7 metres are expected along the NSW coast overnight

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12:25pm:

Markets upended by winds

The winds were too strong for the tents at the Rocks markets. 

Winds in Sydney expected to reach 45km/h. Photo: Christopher Getts

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9:52am:

Traffic and transport update

Motorists travelling to Sydney's international airport are advised to allow lots of additional travel time because of the wet weather.

The Transport Management Centre says the following approaches have been affected:

M5 East citybound off ramp to Marsh Street
M5 East westbound off ramp to Marsh Street
Marsh Street eastbound from West Botany Street
Qantas Drive from O'Riordan Street Joyce Drive to Airport Drive

But no other major or arterial roads are affected, the centre's Alf Paranihi said. 

Local flooding at Port Kembla has shut the South Coast train line between Wollongong and Port Kembla. Buses replace trains.

Driving over the Sydney Harbour Bridge in a deluge of rain. Photo: Christopher Getts

Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/sydney-weather-live-blog-east-coast-low-hits-nsw-queensland-20160603-gpbhpa.html?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=nc&eid=socialn%3Atwi-13omn1677-edtrl-other%3Annn-17%2F02%2F2014-edtrs_socialshare-all-nnn-nnn-vars-o%26sa%3DD%26usg%3DALhdy28zsr6qiq#ixzz4AgbbbH6W
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