Video of waterspout and storm damage: Weather.com.
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The Australian -Harry Edwards and Rosanne Barrett, 11/19/12
Erin Townsend watches a water spout twist up from the ocean at Long Beach on the NSW south coast yesterday. Picture: Michael Syne Source: The Australian
A GIGANTIC waterspout 200m across capped off a weekend of wild weather across the east coast in which storms smashed roofs, uprooted trees and left 8000 homes without power.
Worst-hit was the town of Woodburn, in northern NSW, where a dozen homes were damaged -- five destroyed -- after a storm lasting less than two hours hit the hamlet on Saturday.
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My folks live about a 10min
My folks live about a 10min drive from the town of Woodburn (located on the Northern Rivers of NSW).. By all accounts it was a cracker! We had 40mm of rain in a little over 10 mins yesterday and by the looks of things we will be getting a few more of the "super cell" storms through over the next few days.
...if I could figure out how to upload a photo to the page I'd post one of the storm front rolling in yesterday...
Stay calm, Gaia is just spring cleaning in prepertion for take off ;)