The storm system, initially referred to as a “ bomb cyclone”, intensified overnight on Tuesday and dumped more than 150mm rain in parts of coastal New South Wales and triggered damaging winds ...

It revealed t he three-day rain bomb beat the previous May monthly record of 558.2mm from 1980. Data has been available back to 1949.

A "bomb cyclone" has lashed Australia's most populous state with heavy rain and strong winds, forcing airlines to cancel domestic flights and prompting evacuation warnings in coastal communities.