Sydney suburbs warned to stay indoors as major storm hits

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Sydney suburbs warned to stay indoors as major storm hits

A huge storm is battering Sydney, with the State Emergency Service warning residents of several major suburbs to stay indoors as conditions worsen.

The Bureau of Meteorology issued a sevceere thunderstorm warning for Metropolitan, Central Tablelands and parts of Hunter, Illawarra, Central West Slopes and Plains, Lower Western and Upper Western Forecast Districts about 11.20 on Monday morning.

“Thunderstorms are forming on a surface trough in a moist unstable air mass in inland NSW, assisted by an upper trough moving across the state,” the warning read.

“Severe thunderstorms are likely to produce heavy rainfall that may lead to flash flooding, large hailstones and damaging winds in the warning area over the next several hours.”

Gosford, Sydney, Orange, Katoomba, Dubbo and Parkes are all in the firing line, with the SES telling residents to avoid leaving their homes if they could.

In Sydney, a stay at indoors warning is in place for Horsley Park, Liverpool, Erskine Park, Leppington, Fairfield, Penrith, Richmond, Campbelltown and Sutherland.

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