Storm damage around Sydney

Severe weather has caused storm damage and falling trees around Sydney and parts of the NSW coast, with more damage predicted overnight.

The State Emergency Service (SES) had received about 90 calls for assistance across the state by midnight, with 38 of those in the Sydney metropolitan area.

The Bureau of Meteorology has issued a severe weather warning for the Sydney metropolitan, south coast, Illawarra and Hunter regions.

The SES says more calls are predicted overnight and additional crews have been sent to affected areas.

“The majority of the callouts have been for trees down,” a spokesperson for the SES told AAP.

Strong winds are causing many of the falling trees, with reports of 50 kilometre wind gusts through the Sydney metropolitan and 80 kilometre winds in the Illawarra.

“There are going to be a lot of trees down overnight, due to wet soil from the rains we’ve been having,” the spokesperson said.

The SES says the south coast has been hardest hit, with 40 call outs to the region and 18 to Nowra.

Lake Conjola, near the south coastal town of Ulladulla, has recorded 91 millimetres of rain since 9am (AEDT) Wednesday morning, with almost 50 millimetres falling in one hour.

The Bureau of Meteorology is forecasting heavy rain that may lead to flash flooding in Sydney, Gosford, Wyong, Wollongong and Batemans Bay.

The SES says hot spots for flash flooding in Sydney are around the suburbs of Randwick and Zetland, but that no flood rescues have been executed.

Most of the SES call outs in the Sydney metropolitan area have been in suburbs of Randwick, Waverley and Woollahra and around the Sutherland area.

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