A "bomb cyclone" has lashed Australia's most populous state with heavy rain and strong winds, forcing airlines to cancel domestic flights and prompting evacuation warnings in coastal communities. Authorities on Tuesday warned that parts of New South Wales could also expect the wild weather to worsen in the next 24 hours,

Torrential rain has smashed July records on the NSW South Coast sparking a massive emergency response and fresh flood fears as 40,000 are left without power.