The strong winds and storms are causing disruptions at Sydney Airport, with airlines cancelling a large number of flights and passengers warned of delays.
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00:00 There have been some very damaging wind gusts and strong storm cells overnight and it's
00:06 cancelled quite a number of domestic flights this morning.
00:11 At this stage international flights have not been cancelled but there are delays in this
00:15 terminal alone at the domestic airport terminal 1 and 3.
00:19 There are at least 8 flights that have been cancelled as of at this moment but a number
00:23 of arrivals have also been affected and of course more broadly we're seeing that trickle
00:28 on effect of delays.
00:30 Delays are quite widespread so passengers are being urged to check the status of their
00:35 flight before coming to the airport and to expect some quite significant delays.
00:41 Passengers who are arriving there at the moment faring?
00:45 Well you would think with so many cancellations and delays it would be quite a chaotic scene
00:49 at the airport but it's actually not too bad this morning.
00:52 Given we did actually know these storm cells were coming, many airlines had cancelled flights
00:59 overnight in anticipation for this.
01:01 So passengers, many of them had been notified that they would expect cancellations or their
01:05 flights had been cancelled overnight so many just haven't arrived today for those flights.
01:10 Though there have been some that have been arriving today and they're only just learning
01:14 that their flight has been cancelled or delayed.
01:17 So there is a bit of confusion among some but thankfully not too much widespread chaos
01:22 or frustration.
01:23 Gavin, how long is the disruption expected to last?
01:28 Well even though the strong winds have subsided it's still pretty wet outside.
01:34 We've seen the sun poke out at times but we are expecting even though the wild weather
01:39 will go away quite soon that this disruption will be persisting for most of the day just
01:45 given the trickle on effect of all the cancellations and delays.
01:49 So people are being urged if you are flying today out of Sydney airport expect some form
01:53 of disruption even if your flight hasn't been cancelled there could be quite significant
01:58 delays so check the status of your flight before you head off.
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