A Woolworths and local motel have been flooded and the roof of an aged care facility has partially collapsed after an intense cloudburst in central-western New South Wales. Parkes received 31mm of rain in just 17 minutes during the Saturday afternoon downpour. By Sunday morning the town had recorded 52 millimetres in total. The storm also brought damaging winds and large hailstones. Part of another roof blew off, and residential properties also experienced flooding. Thunderstorms across much of NSW prompted 45 calls for assistance between 6 p.m. Saturday and 6 a.m. Sunday, the State Emergency Service said. Broken Hill and Parkes have been hardest hit by the extreme weather over the past few days, with Wauchope and Taree on the mid-north coast also affected. The biggest downpour on Saturday was at Okeh to the north, which copped more than 61mm to 9 a.m. Saturday. The SES has responded to 300 …
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