Heavy rain lashes the east coast as vigorous coastal low intensifies off NSW

Weather warnings for Sydney and mid north coast region, SES on standby in several areas as Jervis Bay records 109mm of rain by 7.30am Tuesday

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• A ‘vigorous’ coastal low is hitting Australia’s east coast. What does it mean, how worried should we be and is it a bomb cyclone?

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Destructive winds and heavy rainfall are hitting large swathes of the New South Wales coastline, with some areas already recording more than 100mm as a vigorous coastal low continues to intensify offshore.

The complex and rapidly deepening system was slowly tracking southwards. It was expected to approach the NSW central coast later on Tuesday before turning and moving offshore into the Tasman Sea on Wednesday, according to the Bureau of Meteorology.

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