Easing deluge brings relief for rain-soaked towns

An almost week-long deluge of floods and thunderstorms is finally set to ease after communities in the eastern states were battered by heavy rain and winds.

Heavy rain pelted parts of Sydney, including hail in Parramatta and Eastwood, sparking 200 calls for help to the NSW State Emergency Service on Saturday night.

About 7.30 pm on Saturday the Bureau of Meteorology issued a severe weather warning for heavy rainfall, damaging winds and large hailstones in parts of NSW.

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Source: extract from article by Duncan Murphy