Evacuated Sydney residents allowed to return as Australia’s east coast smashed by storms

Residents near Narrabeen Lagoon told to leave on Saturday night, after falling tree branch kills woman near Wollongong

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Summer storms on Australia’s east coast have claimed one life and threatened dozens more as flood waters rise.

Residents and holidaymakers have been told they can return back after being evacuated Narrabeen Lagoon in Sydney’s northern beaches overnight on Saturday, while a landslide damaged three homes and injured at least one woman 20km north, at Great Mackerel beach.