Wild winds hit Sydney felling trees across the city, after burst of early summer weather

Damaging winds are tearing through Sydney, ripping down large trees only hours after the city enjoyed hot and sunny summer-like weather on Sunday afternoon.

A large tree – that a contractor onsite estimated to be 26 metres long – tore through powerlines and landed on a car on Bourke Street in Surry Hills at around 3.30pm, as the SES continues to respond to more than a hundred tree-related call-outs across the city.

The tree, which fell metres from the tram line, hospitalised a 30-year-old woman who came into contact with the powerlines and closed the busy inner-city street. The woman was taken to hospital in a stable condition.

According to NSW Police, about six houses have been left without power. Ausgrid is isolating power to the street before the NSW State Emergency Service can proce