{"id":13304,"date":"2026-01-17T22:59:03","date_gmt":"2026-01-17T22:59:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/?p=13304"},"modified":"2026-01-17T22:59:03","modified_gmt":"2026-01-17T22:59:03","slug":"australia-news-live-woman-dead-in-powerful-storm-as-landslide-and-flood-warnings-issued-for-sydney-australia-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/?p=13304","title":{"rendered":"Australia news live: woman dead in powerful storm as landslide and flood warnings issued for Sydney | Australia news"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"liveblog-body\"><span class=\"dcr-90inr0\"><gu-island name=\"KeyEventsCarousel\" priority=\"feature\" deferuntil=\"visible\" props=\"{&quot;keyEvents&quot;:[{&quot;id&quot;:&quot;696bf95c8f08ea50a5d42c7e&quot;,&quot;elements&quot;:[{&quot;_type&quot;:&quot;model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.TextBlockElement&quot;,&quot;html&quot;:&quot;&lt;p&gt;And welcome to another Sunday morning Guardian live blog.&lt;\/p&gt;&quot;,&quot;elementId&quot;:&quot;7922e283-eab0-4199-a65f-9f3f570b2dc4&quot;},{&quot;_type&quot;:&quot;model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.TextBlockElement&quot;,&quot;html&quot;:&quot;&lt;p&gt;Powerful storms have lashed &lt;a href=\\&quot;https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/sydney\\&quot; data-component=\\&quot;auto-linked-tag\\&quot;&gt;Sydney&lt;\/a&gt;, with some residents of the northern beaches told to evacuate. 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The &lt;a href=\\&quot;https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/new-south-wales\\&quot; data-component=\\&quot;auto-linked-tag\\&quot;&gt;New South Wales&lt;\/a&gt; SES recorded more than 800 calls for help.&lt;\/p&gt;&quot;,&quot;elementId&quot;:&quot;e285cd2b-4f86-4c39-bb71-52d8923f2a26&quot;},{&quot;_type&quot;:&quot;model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.TextBlockElement&quot;,&quot;html&quot;:&quot;&lt;p&gt;I\u2019m &lt;strong&gt;Royce Kurmelovs&lt;\/strong&gt; and I\u2019ll be taking the blog through the day.&lt;\/p&gt;&quot;,&quot;elementId&quot;:&quot;8fe35e9a-4000-407a-b03f-879945e29f5f&quot;},{&quot;_type&quot;:&quot;model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.TextBlockElement&quot;,&quot;html&quot;:&quot;&lt;p&gt;With that, let\u2019s get started 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id=\"key-events-carousel-mobile\"\/><span class=\"dcr-90inr0\"><\/p>\n<p>Key events<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/gu-island><gu-island name=\"FilterKeyEventsToggle\" priority=\"feature\" deferuntil=\"visible\" props=\"{&quot;filterKeyEvents&quot;:false,&quot;id&quot;:&quot;filter-toggle-mobile&quot;}\"><span id=\"filter-toggle-mobile\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"dcr-alru3r\"><label id=\"filter-toggle-mobile-switch_description\" data-component=\"filter-key-events\" data-link-name=\"filter-key-events-on\" class=\"dcr-rrspei\"><button id=\"filter-toggle-mobile-switch\" role=\"switch\" aria-checked=\"false\" aria-labelledby=\"filter-toggle-mobile-switch_description\" class=\"dcr-dh5oqp\"\/>Show key events only<\/p>\n<p><span>Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/label><\/div>\n<p><\/gu-island><\/span><\/p>\n<article id=\"block-696c090c8f08ea50a5d42cd7\" class=\"block dcr-1os4bxs\">\n<header class=\"dcr-88va8u\"\/>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">A woman died during the storms on Saturday afternoon when a tree branch fell on her car on Macquarie Pass, south of Wollongong.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">NSW Police said:<\/p>\n<blockquote data-spacefinder-role=\"inline\" class=\"dcr-154zxly\">\n<p><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 14\" style=\"fill:var(--block-quote-fill)\" class=\"dcr-scql1j\"><path d=\"M5.255 0h4.75c-.572 4.53-1.077 8.972-1.297 13.941H0C.792 9.104 2.44 4.53 5.255 0Zm11.061 0H21c-.506 4.53-1.077 8.972-1.297 13.941h-8.686c.902-4.837 2.485-9.411 5.3-13.941Z\"\/><\/svg>The woman was a driver in the vehicle when the incident happened.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">A man in the front seat passenger suffered minor injuries, and two passengers in the rear seats were not physically harmed.<\/p>\n<footer class=\"dcr-3i7iba\"><gu-island name=\"ShareButton\" priority=\"feature\" deferuntil=\"visible\" 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branch fell on her car and State Emergency Service crews received more than 800 calls for help after heavy rain lashed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/new-south-wales\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" data-component=\"auto-linked-tag\">New South Wales<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Senior meteorologist <strong>Edward Townsend-Medlock<\/strong> said more heavy rainfall was expected from Sydney\u2019s northern suburbs through to the Hunter coast on Sunday morning.<\/p>\n<blockquote data-spacefinder-role=\"inline\" class=\"dcr-154zxly\">\n<p><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 14\" style=\"fill:var(--block-quote-fill)\" class=\"dcr-scql1j\"><path d=\"M5.255 0h4.75c-.572 4.53-1.077 8.972-1.297 13.941H0C.792 9.104 2.44 4.53 5.255 0Zm11.061 0H21c-.506 4.53-1.077 8.972-1.297 13.941h-8.686c.902-4.837 2.485-9.411 5.3-13.941Z\"\/><\/svg>Within that concentrated area is where you could get some of those more severe thunderstorm cells that we saw, for example, on the Central 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More than a dozen people have been rescued across the city, as a landslide injured a woman and damaged multiple homes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">A woman was killed in the storms on Saturday when a tree branch fell her car at Macquarie Pass and a man in the front passenger seat suffered minor injuries. 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