Severe NSW storms set to continue

Severe storms are continuing across NSW, with northern parts of the state preparing
for heavy rainfall and flooding.
The State Emergency Service (SES) was predicting a busy night on Saturday, with
severe thunderstorm warnings in place across the north of the state.
The SES received about 450 calls in the 24-hour period between Friday and Saturday
afternoon.
The unrelenting wet weather caused property damage and flash flooding in the
Illawarra, Blue Mountains and western Sydney, an SES spokeswoman said.
"Most of the calls have been related to flash flooding, leaking roofs and fallen
trees," the spokeswoman said.
"We are expecting more calls to come from the northern part of the state as severe
thunderstorms occur there."
Communities in the Northern Rivers, Mid North Coast and parts of the Hunter district
are expected to bear the brunt of heavy rainfall on Saturday evening.
However, most of the state can expect moderate to heavy rainfalls for the rest of
the weekend.
The wet weather will continue until Tuesday, the Bureau of Meteorology (BoM) has
forecasted.
A slow-moving system will bring more showers, thunderstorms and rain across large
tracts of NSW, which have already been doused over the past two days.
"Rainfall is expected to ease overnight on Saturday, but there is a concern that
more thunderstorms will return on Sunday, bringing a lot of moisture and moderate to
heavy rainfalls across the state," a BoM spokesman said on Saturday.
For the 24 hours to Saturday at 9am (AEDT), areas around Moruya, on the state's
south coast, received up to 110mm of rain.
In the Blue Mountains, Katoomba received 106mm over the same period with a top of
134mm at McMahons Point for the area over the same period.
In Sydney's west, Penrith notched up 92mm, nearly half of which fell in a 30-minute
period on Friday evening.
Three homes around Sydney were struck by lightning on Friday afternoon, with 10
people evacuated from one building after a roof collapse.