The NSW north coast is preparing for another round of wild weather, following last nights huge storms. Heavy rain, fierce winds and quick-fire lightening raced across the state from west to east. One man died in Cowra, while the SES received almost three-thousand calls for help.
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00:00Mother Nature in full force, putting on a show across the state and sending down a million
00:14lightning bolts within 24 hours.
00:17The lightning strikes, I've never seen anything like it, they were constant, it was like someone
00:21had their Christmas lights on the whole time.
00:24As the skies lit up, the lights went out.
00:27Sydney's Leichhardt Oval, just one of many places that lost power.
00:32When the storm hit last night, there was about 250,000 houses.
00:37This house in Mudgy caught fire when a power pole and live wires fell on top of it.
00:42While the house was destroyed, no one was home and firefighters stopped it spreading
00:47to neighbouring homes.
00:48In Cowra, a driver was killed by a falling tree.
00:52We've seen the absolute tragic death of an 80-year-old man in Cowra, our deepest sympathy
00:58goes to his family and friends.
01:00It was horrific, I have never seen a storm go in the different directions, it was wild.
01:06Four men were taken to hospital with minor injuries in Wagga Wagga after high winds ripped
01:11through the area.
01:12In Cessnock, it sent this trampoline flying through the streets.
01:17Some buildings in the Hunter lost their roofs, including the Newcastle Port Authority building.
01:23People have been told to avoid swimming at some beaches and waterways with heavy rain
01:28causing wastewater overflow.
01:30The storm also cast a pull over Sydney.
01:34The SES says it received more than 600 calls for help in the capital and almost 3,000 statewide.
01:41We're not out of the woods yet, we still have a storm front coming through into the north-west
01:46part of the state and we'll see continued thunderstorms with rainfall, localised rainfall
01:52potentially up to 100 to 200 millimetres.
01:55Grafton has already seen hail, while communities up and down the coast brace for another round
02:01of wild weather.