article_snippet.sent: Winds of at least 100km/h lashed parts of the east coast, causing this tree to fall on a car in East Gosford, on the NSW Central Coast, wth a driver and passenger inside.
article_snippet.sent: Pedestrians shelter under umbrellas from heavy rain in Sydney on Monday.
article_snippet.sent: Rain and damaging winds averaging 55 to 70 km/h with gusts to about 100 km are forecast to develop along the coastal fringe of the Sydney Metropolitan, Hunter and Illawarra regions .
article_snippet.sent: A pedestrian is drenched while crossing  the street in the Sydney central business district during heavy rain on Monday . '
article_snippet.sent: According to the Bureau of Meteorology forecast, winds averaging 55km/h to 65km/h with gusts to about 100km/h are set to develop in Sydney, the Hunter and Illawarra on Monday afternoon and evening.
article_snippet.sent: Rainfall could be 40-60mm across most of those areas, with up to 100mm in some places.
article_snippet.sent: A weather map from the Australian Bureau of Meteorology shows three-hourly precipitation as at 1pm AEST on Monday .
article_snippet.sent: A ship makes A ship way out to sea in Sydney on Monday.
article_snippet.sent: the Bureau of Meteorology Meteorology has been issued for Sydney Closed Waters, the Hunter Coast, Sydney Coast, Illawarra Coast, Batemans Coast and Eden Coast .
article_snippet.sent: On the weekend Melbourne endure freak hail storms.