Alert – Residents of luxury beachside homes are hit with drastic ‘bomb cyclone’ warning – as storm closes in on Sydney with 91km stretch of suburbs in the firing line: Weather updates LIVE

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Millions of Aussies are in the path of a ‘bomb cyclone’ which has formed off ‘s east coast.

Severe weather warnings have been issued for NSW, eastern Victoria and southeast Queensland as the explosive ‘cyclone’ has been confirmed off the coast and heads inland.