Apocalyptic Storm Over Sydney

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'Apocalyptic' storm front over Sydney with menacing clouds

hundreds of feet high captured on camera by smartphone users

By Ted Thornhill

PUBLISHED:09:16 GMT, 5 March 2014 | UPDATED:12:28 GMT, 5 March 2014

A gigantic storm front moved in over Sydney on Wednesday and residents were quick to upload dramatic pictures of it to the internet.

Huge clouds hundreds of feet high, with some shaped like giant tubes, loomed menacingly over the city during rush hour.

As forecasters warned of heavy rain and flash flooding, Twitter and Facebook became awash with pictures of the looming storm, with one describing theconditions as apocalyptic.

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Rolling in: Some of t he clouds in the Sydney thunders torm had a tube-like s hape


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Looming: A large storm cloud covers the Sydney Central Business District on Wednesday

'Apocalyptic' storm front over Sydney with menacing clouds

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Menacing: The Sydney Opera House is dwarfed by the approaching storm front

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Dark day: The storm gave the city an end-of-the-world feel

Jason Murray tweeted b****y hell as the storm rolled in. Another wrote: Bad time for bike comute home. OK, thats a storm alright.

Josh Noble thought the clouds reminded him of a certain Hollywood blockbuster.


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Its Independence Day, he wrote.

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Internet sensation: Twitter and Facebook w ere awash w ith pictures of the s torm

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Size matters: The giant clouds pictured over the suburb of Manly


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Invasion: Twitte r use r Josh Noble likene d the s torm to the giant UFO from Roland Emm erich's Inde pendence Day

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Disruption: The storm, pictured here over Sydney Airport, caused flights to be disrupted


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Life's not such a beach: The storm passing over Bondi, with Twitter user Gus Bruno describing the scene as 'apocalyptic'

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Electric atmosphere: Lightning strikes over Sydney Harbour next to the iconic Opera House during the thunderstorm on Wednesday

The clouds completely dwarfed the citys landmarks and the storm forced flights to be diverted.

Torrential rain, meanwhile, created severe road delays, with reports of jams several miles in length stretching back from Harbour Bridge.


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Weatherzone meteorologist Brett Dutschke told The Sydney Morning Herald: Basically we've had the sunniest and warmest day and it's all of asudden turned quite rainy and thundery there's storm potential for the next few days.

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Sinister: Storm clouds pass over Manly's Fairy Bower beach on Sydney's north shore as locals (left to right) Matt Fleming, Larry McMurridge and George Stantschef look on

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Bigger Nugget,sideways through a crack, United Kingdom , moments ago

I've half a mind to say HAARP. That's all you need.

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JuliaT,Lincoln, moments ago

Manmade. nothing to do with Mother nature.


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Paul_Ontario,McMurdo Station, Antarctica, 28 minutes ago

These s torms are a dime a dozen in North America. YAWN!


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Insider,London, United Kingdom, 40 minutes ago

Probably a side effect of the HARP weapon being used on Russia .


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Bigger Nugget,sideways through a crack, United Kingdom , 10 minutes ago

You're funny

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Bigger Nugget,sideways through a crack, United Kingdom , 10 minutes ago

You're funny

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LBBA,Perth, Australia, 1 hour ago

Ah Bondi. Where dumb touris ts go becaus e they dont know anywhere e lse! LOL. Magic Stralya mate

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david,Florida, United States, 1 hour ago

of course if these were the ufos the pictures will come ou t all grainy and unintelligible ...


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Dee in Georgia,Georgia, United States, 1 hour ago

Clouds l ook like a scene from the movie, Independence Day as the huge clouds appeared over major cities all over the planet and a huge alien s hip emerged...very creepy

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AshleyB,London, United Kingdom, 1 hour ago

The first photo should be credited to Andrew Reid (Bondi Lifeguard) it's ripped s traight from his instagram !


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moyz63,calstock, United Kingdom , 1 hour ago

Where's the mothership?


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dbsherri,moun tlake Terrace, United States, 2 hours ago

that's a typical day in Sea ttle.


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