SYDNEY (AFP/REUTERS) - Cyclone-strength winds, huge seas, torrential rain and flash flooding battered Australia’s east coast and its biggest city Sydney on Tuesday, killing three as trees felled and thousands of homes were without power.
An elderly woman and two elderly men were reported to have died in Dungog in western New South Wales, Australian media reported.
The area was suffering its second day of gale force winds and torrential rain, with the Bureau of Meteorology reporting 119 milimetres -- nearly a month's worth of rain -- falling in Sydney in 24 hours.
Schools were shut and huge sea swells hampered cruise ship movements. Rail links to the north and south of Sydney were cut and many roads in the city were flooded.
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