Sydneysiders are facing peak-hour chaos following a massive thunderstorm that caused widespread power outages, leading to flight, train and traffic delays.
Multiple states across Australia are in for severe weather this Christmas Eve, with predictions of heavy rainfall, large hailstones and damaging winds.
The storm could become severe over the inland central and southern districts, while the Central Coast and Tropical Coast are potentially in the firing line.
A crisis is unfolding in Queensland's far north where five days of torrential rain has turned roads to rivers, cutting off some areas just days after Cyclone Jasper, with more on the way.
Almost 40,000 households and businesses remain without power in Far North Queensland today after Cyclone Jasper made landfall as crews plan to assess the damage in coming hours.
The wild weather brought more than 20,000 lightning bolts, 90km/h gusts of wind and Adelaide has already received double the average monthly rainfall for December.