NEW SOUTH WALES WEATHER WARNINGS UPDATE Thursday 15 January 2026 – Evening NSW is now under a major severe weather outbreak with dangerous thunderstorms, flash flooding risk, damaging winds, marine gales and hazardous surf all active simultaneously. This is a high impact system. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING – VERY DANGEROUS For parts of Blue Mountains, Hawkesbury, Sydney Basin, Illawarra and South Coast. A very dangerous thunderstorm is currently near Kangaroo Valley and Fitzroy Falls producing:

New South Wales Police have been given extra powers as Israeli President Isaac Herzog arrives in Sydney to begin his official visit to Australia following the Bondi Beach terror attack. Under the "major event" declaration, police will have more powers to "close off" access to a major event area and "directing people to leave", Tourism Minister Stephen Kamper said. Protesters are due to gather at Sydney's Town Hall this evening but Assistant Police Commissioner Peter McKenna told ABC News Breakfa

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Three people are dead after a light plane crash at Shellharbour Airport in New South Wales. | Sky News Australia

3.3K views · 53 reactions | After 14 months of uncertainty, the New South Wales Premier today abandoned plans to merge Shellharbour and Wollongong Councils, along with six other pending merger proposals in regional areas. The news was met with cheering and champagne in the Shellharbour Council building, as Mayor Marianne Saliba celebrated with her colleagues. | WIN News Illawarra | Facebook