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Vehicles (车辆) were turned over and roofs were torn from houses after a tornado was seen forming over a northern New South Wales town late on Thursday.

A clean-up is under way in Armidale, in the state’s Northern Tablelands, after a violent storm hit the area and knocked out power for half the town.

The tornado followed an evening of terrible storms over Greater Sydney which saw hailstones (冰雹), as large as five centimetres in diameter, fall across western and south-west Sydney. Apart from this, several thunderstorms also hit the state’s east coast.

Meteorologist (气象学家) Grace Legge said the tornado caused significant amounts of damage. “Through Armidale, we saw a very strong thunderstorm push through about 10 pm,” she said. “It did cause a tornado to touch down in the area which, unfortunately, caused significant amounts of damage. It was quite a quick-moving storm, but with stronger, violent winds.”

The State Emergency Services (SES) received 475 requests for help overnight, with 127 of those coming from citizens in Armidale. Officer Sharon Fox said it was surprising there were no reports of serious injuries after the tornado. “There were reports of roads that had been blocked, reports of large trees falling done, several reports of power lines coming off,” Ms Fox said. “It was a pretty terrible impact there in Armidale.”

A report posted by the SES this morning said half of Armidale was without power and the emergency services and uncompleted repairs were going to take some time.

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