A thunderstorm in Sydney has resulted in flash flooding in Double Bay, with the streets of the exclusive suburb in the city’s east left submerged in water.
Footage of the storm’s aftermath captured vehicles ploughing through a flooded New South Head Road, the main thoroughfare, and other parts of the suburb and rainfall inundating the exterior of businesses.
Stills from a video posted to TikTok on Sunday.Credit: TikTok: @frosty.johnson.v2
“Swimming in Double Bay,” chef Neil Perry posted on Instagram, with vision of the overflowing footpath outside his restaurant Margaret.
Channel Nine Today program host Karl Stefanovic also shared a video of the effects of the downpour, which engulfed the street outside Woollahra Library and left water lapping at the entrance of shops.
Marie Linker, a fashion designer whose business L’Elegante is located on New South Head Road, said the rain was heavier than she had ever seen.
The SES swing into action in Morrell Street, Woollahra.Credit: Jessica Hromas
“Luckily my shop is a little bit higher and so it’s not getting water inside it … I’ve never seen anything like it,” she said on Facebook.
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