Two people have been reported injured following flying debris from a construction site in Sydney’s CBD with strong winds of up to 100km/h battering the city.
Winds reaching 100km/h have kept the SES on their tows with a roof collapsing in Wollongong, high-rise building glass shattering in Sydney CBD and residential property damage.
The New South Wales SES was inundated with more than 290 calls from the Illawarra and Sydney Metro area alone with Ausgrid confirming more than 43,000 homes were without power at around midday on Friday.
Wind shattered the glass building windows on Friday
A video emerged of the SES working on a building after the roof collapsed off a residential building on Crown Street in Wollongong.
Sydney traffic has been sent into a tailspin with heavy winds causing train track work near the Harbour Bridge and major power outages.
Heavy cross winds has compounded train line issues on the northern routes causing chaos on the Sydney Harbour Bridge on Friday afternoon.
‘Passengers travelling on the T1 North Shore, Northern & Western Line are advised to allow plenty of additional travel time after urgent infrastructure repairs caused by strong winds near Milsons Point earlier,’ a Sydney Trains service update read.
Cross winds have caused train delays wreaking havoc with traffic on the Sydney Harbour Bridge on Friday
Strong winds wreak havoc across Sydney causing traffic chaos
Ausgrid confirmed there was more than 43,000 homes out across Sydney’s south
Sydneysiders have taken to social media to post pictures of building windows shattered in the winds and traffic signs blown over.
More than 43,000 homes were also without power in Sydney’s south as of midday on Friday, according to Ausgrid.
Travellers are also facing commuting chaos at Sydney Airport as gale force winds batter the area resulting in major delays.
At least 15 inbound aircraft have been delayed or cancelled on Friday morning with several more to come before 10:30am.
‘The highest gusts the airport has seen is up to 82km/h. The windiest time of the day will be midday today so delays could continue,’ a Weatherzone spokeswoman told Daily Mail Australia.
Only one runway is currently operational.
Travellers are facing commuting chaos at Sydney Airport as gale force winds batter the area resulting in major delays
Opposition Leader Bill Shorten tweeted he will miss the funeral of Labor politician John Johnson because of the Sydney Airport crisis
Virgin Australia are the worst effected airline with flights experiencing delayed takeoffs to land in Sydney at a later time.
Eight flights from Jetstar have been cancelled with potentially more to come.
Passengers are being advised to check with their individual airlines to confirm the extent of delays and cancellations.
Opposition Leader Bill Shorten tweeted he will miss the funeral of Labor politician John Johnson because of the Sydney Airport crisis.
‘Today, the Labor family will farewell a legend. Incredibly disappointing I won’t be there with so many Sydney flights cancelled. RIP Johno,’ Shorten said.
Weatherzone are predicting Friday to be the windiest day of the year for New South Wales.
Winds in excess of 90km/h are predicted, which are strong enough to tear trees and roots out of the ground.
At least 15 inbound aircraft have been delayed or cancelled on Friday morning with several more to come before 10:30am
Passengers are being advised to check with their individual airlines to confirm the extent of delays and cancellations
Winds in excess of 90km/h are predicted, which are strong enough to tear trees and roots out of the ground