Thursday 22 September 2022 01:02 AM Sydney Airport: Misery for thousands as eighty flights cancelled as wild ... trends now
Up to eighty flights have been cancelled from Sydney Airport in a public holiday travel nightmare as the east coast is hammered with wild rain and wind.
The airport has blamed bad weather and strong winds for the interruptions which has seen 45 flights cancelled from Sydney from 6am to 7:30pm.
Up to 41 flights in to the Harbour City have also been cancelled in bad news for travellers who planned to take advantage of Thursday's National Day of Mourning.
'In anticipation of bad weather today, domestic airlines advised overnight that some services would be affected,' Sydney Airport said in a statement.
'Passengers are advised to check with their airline regarding the status of their flight.
'Passengers who are travelling today are recommended to arrive two hours prior to domestic flight departures, and three hours for international services.'
Up to eighty flights have been cancelled from Sydney Airport in a public holiday travel nightmare as the east coast is hammered with rain (pictured, lines at the airport)
Much of Australia's east coast is set to be hammered with rain over the coming days, making for a very wet and miserable public holiday
It comes as severe the thunderstorms and damaging winds are predicted for NSW on Wednesday, with similar storms possible for southern Queensland.
Ongoing flooding is also expected for parts of NSW, Queensland and Victoria, the Bureau of Meteorology said, with several warnings issued for each state.
Central NSW is set to cop the worst of the bad weather with heavy rainfall creating the potential for flash flooding, with up to 70mm of rain expected to fall in six hours on Wednesday in the Central West Slopes and Plains and Riverina region.
Sydney, Brisbane and Canberra will be drenched on Thursday afternoon, with millions expected to take the day off to mark the passing of Queen Elizabeth II.
A flood watch warning is current for north-west, central west and south-west inland rivers in NSW. The wet weather is a result of a low pressure system moving across Australia's south-east.
Port Macquarie on NSW's mid north coast is in for a massive drenching with between 45 and 85mm of rain forecast over the next three days.
Weatherzone meteorologist Felix
