Wild, windy, wintry start to the week
It's a wild one out there across southeastern Australia this Monday, with strong winds lashing the east coast and heavy snow still falling in the mountains. Just after 10 am, the BoM issued an updated Severe Weather Warning for Damaging Winds for several southeastern NSW forecast districts – including the Illawarra, South Coast, Central Tablelands, Southern Tablelands, Snowy Mountains, and parts of the Sydney Metropolitan area. As we write this story at 11 am Monday, gusts of 70 km/h or slightly higher have been recorded in southwestern Sydney and the nearby Illawarra area, while even...