Residents in Sydney’s inner west and outer southern suburbs were woken early Thursday morning to extremely loud explosion sounds, leaving some fearing for their life.
At around 2am, savage bomb-like booms echoed across the city and as far as 30 kilometres to its south.
Powerful cracking sounds shook homes and buildings and were joined by bursts of blinding white light, likened to the flash of a speed camera.
The roaring noises were the result of a freak thunder and lightening storm which rattled Sydneysiders as it swept across the State, waking everyone in its path.
Residents in Sydney’s inner west and outer southern suburbs were woken early Thursday morning to extremely loud explosion sounds
Blaring through closed windows and even earplugs, the thunderous blasts reportedly lasted up to 15 seconds at a time, and moved on after five minutes.
Several residents admitted the sound was so loud they thought the city was under bomb attack.
‘I genuinely thought it was a bomb going off or something. The “grumbling” went on for so long afterwards :/ wtf,’ a Reddit user said.
Several residents admitted the sound was so loud they thought the city was under bomb attack
Powerful cracking sounds shook homes and buildings and were joined by bursts of blinding white light, likened to the flash of a speed camera
Another concurred, writing: ‘Is it wrong that my first thought was that we were getting bombed? That first crack was so f***ing loud and went on for so long.’
‘I thought a truck a track might have crashed or something blew up! Then that second flash and boom a minute later!,’ one added.
The frightful noises were unlike any produced by a storm before, according to several social media users.
A Twitter user described the horror moment after the lightening struck, saying the ‘shockwave’ shook his home around for about 10 seconds
‘Loudest thing I ever heard in my life it scared the sh** out of me while I was fast asleep holy sh** but it didn’t sound like thunder and the second one for good measure I didn’t see any lightning.’
A Twitter user described the horror moment after the lightening struck, saying the ‘shockwave’ shook his home around for about 10 seconds.
‘Did anyone in Sydney just see or hear that lightning and thunder? The light was INSANELY bright like a paparazzi camera flash and/or a speed camera and the thunder was like an explosion and it literally rolled for about 15 seconds and I felt it in the ground Omg???,’ another explained.
The frightful noises were unlike any produced by a storm before, according to several social media users
The alarming bangs occurred ahead of supercell storms forecast to lash the east coast from Victoria all the way up to central Queensland on Thursday.
The most powerful storms so far this season were set to form in the morning in the ranges and move to the coast by the afternoon, lashing the region from eastern Victoria to central Queensland with intense rain, Weatherzone Meteorologist Graeme Brittain told Daily Mail Australia.
‘We’re potentially going to see winds in excess of 80km/h, large hail is also a possibility, as well as localised flash flooding,’ he said.
The storms may create the perfect environment for dangerous supercells to form, Mr Brittain confirmed.
The thunderous blasts, lasting up to 15 seconds at a time, moved on after five minutes
Australia’s east coast has been warned to brace for hail and strong winds as thunderstorms (pictured) hit Victoria, NSW and Queensland, potentially creating ‘very dangerous supercells’