More than 55,000 homes wake up without power in Sydney - as Queensland braces for 'zombie cyclone'
More than 55,000 homes in Sydney and the Central Coast remain without power after thunderstorms have savaged the NSW coast.
Torrential rain, damaging wind and hailstones the size of golf balls lashed Sydney and the Hunter region on Saturday afternoon bringing down trees and taking out hundreds of power lines.
Fears of tropical 'zombie' cyclone Owen re-forming off the Queensland coast are still a concern after wild winds and up to 200mm of torrential rain swept across the state's far north.
Parts of Queensland's far north were drenched overnight, with Halifax north of Townsville recording 669mm rainfall in the last 24 hours alone.
Although the cyclone had settled to a tropical low by late Saturday afternoon, QFES Commissioner Katarina Carroll said heavy rainfall and flash flooding could still follow and warned residents not to be complacent.
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