A volunteer with the state's emergency service also died while out on duty, and two police officers were injured after being hit by a falling tree while trying to help Sydney motorists, authorities said. A series of storms swept over a large area of the New South Wales state, wreaking havoc to the morning commute in the country's largest city, with flash flooding inundating roads and delaying flights. Australia’s Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) said within just a few hours Sydney received more than 100mm of rain, a level that the country’s most populous city would normally receive throughout the whole of November. "We are asking all road users to reconsider the need to be on the roads throughout what will be a severe rain event," said Michael Corboy, New South Wales state assistant police commissioner.
Flash flooding kills two people and causes major power outages in Sydney, Australia.