People were told to stay
away from power lines, trees and drains.
"This is a pretty significant one, plus it's been a warm day, a lot
of people are out - particularly at Bondi - and this huge mammoth storm just
started rolling up the coast and of course social media went atomic."
Images have been captured
of a huge storm known as a shelf cloud which formed off Sydney's Bondi Beach.
Many tourists and residents
posted pictures of the phenomenon, dubbed a "cloud tsunami", on
social media.
The low-hanging cloud
formation prompted warnings about large hailstones, heavy rainfall and strong
winds.
Mr Moir said the system had
been moving through the region over the past two or three days, with a number
of tornadoes and heavy rain being reported with it.
He added: "Generally,
with severe storms, often flash flooding is actually the real killer - not so
much the tornadoes or massive hail.
"It has moved through
Sydney and is moving up the coast at the moment.
"It's moving very
rapidly out to the ocean so by tomorrow (Saturday) things should have calmed down."
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