STORY: :: Long Jetty, Australia:: Wild storm batters Australia's southeast, knocks out power and grounds flights:: July 2, 2025:: Sydney, Australia:: Wollongong, Australia:: Debbie Platz, Deputy Commissioner, New South Wales State Emergency Services“It was indeed a very wild night for many people across the east coast of New South Wales. We are very grateful that the communities in these areas heeded our warnings. That has meant that there has not been as much damage to property and impact to lives as what could have been.”:: Wamberal, Australia:: Sanctuary Point, Australia“But we did see conditions deteriorate overnight. Intense rainfall reached 150 millimetres of rain in some areas."“As a result, the New South Wales State Emergency Service has issued seven emergency warnings overnight. Approximately 335 properties have been impacted by these emergency warnings.”More than 35,000 properties were without power in New South Wales, Australia's most populous state, after the storm overnight, outage data showed.Qantas Airways and Virgin Australia, Australia's biggest airlines, have together cancelled at least 55 domestic flights in and out of Sydney on Wednesday, the airport's website showed. Some international flights have been delayed.Conditions are expected to worsen through Wednesday before the system eases and move into the Tasman Sea, and then track toward New Zealand on Thursday (July 3).