Plane is struck by lightning as more than 7000 bolts hit Sydney in one hour – with huge hailstones, heavy rainfall and devastating winds lashing the east coast

Severe storms have again lashed Australia’s east coast, with Sydney, the Hunter Valley and the NSW mid-north coast in the firing line. Large hailstones, heavy rainfall and damaging winds were forecast for the state’s north coast and west to Walgett, the Bureau of Meteorology warned. At least one plane was grounded after it was reportedly […]