Large parts of eastern Australia were put on alert for severe thunderstorms on Sunday afternoon with more potential storms and flood risk in store for Monday.

On Sunday afternoon, the Bureau of Meteorology issued a severe thunderstorm warning for Sydney , greater Wollongong and parts of Blue Mountains, Hawkesbury, Gosford, Wyong and Wollondilly, Wingecarribee areas.

BoM said a broad line of storms had already swept through western New South Wales , while eight flood warnings were in place across southern Queensland after days of torrential rain.

Severe thunderstorms that could bring hail, damaging winds, flash flooding and power outages were likely over a huge area on Sunday afternoon, the bureau said, including across southern Queensland , western NSW, the ACT and eastern Victoria.

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