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Clean up begins after severe storm sweeps through Sydney
ABC NEWS (Australia)
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2/20/2024
Authorities in Sydney are cleaning up after yesterday's severe storm that saw more than 75,000 lightning strikes recorded across the city.
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We're expecting showers across Sydney today, but the Bureau are also forecasting thunderstorms
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and they're warning that those thunderstorms could be severe, so that could impact that
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clean-up effort as people clean up after those storms that swept across Sydney yesterday.
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We saw about 75,000 lightning strikes across Sydney.
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One of those struck a tree at the Botanic Gardens and there were four people sheltering
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under that tree.
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They suffered burns and were knocked out momentarily, they were unconscious momentarily.
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They were taken to hospital where they're now recovering in a stable condition.
00:35
Now the SES responded to more than 600 calls yesterday, as well as attending to 330 call-outs
00:42
for things like fallen trees, damaged roofs, and there were also several house fires around
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Sydney as a result of those lightning strikes.
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The SES also conducted seven flood rescues for people who were trapped in their cars
00:56
after flash flooding.
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Now there was also chaos at Sydney Airport with flights delayed and cancelled after flash
01:03
flooding on the runway, and there were also reports that the runway was damaged too.
01:07
So people couldn't fly out of Sydney and people in other cities struggled to fly in to Sydney
01:12
as well with many cancellations and delays of flights.
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Now today the clean-up does continue, but as I said, with those storms on the way, that
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could be hindered for the cleanup effort.
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