Sydney storm damage: ‘Stormageddon’ before-and-after photos reveal eroded beaches

The devastating toll of storm erosion on Sydney beaches has been captured in a series of before-and-after photos by an Australian aerial image company.

The photos, taken by Nearmap in May and after last week’s super storm, reveal vanishing beaches and an advancing sea at Sydney’s Collaroy, Dee Why, Freshwater, Narrabeen, Shelly Headland beaches.

The low pressure cell, which developed last weekend, caused violent winds, flooding, rough surf and king tides.

At least six homes in Collaroy were left on the brink of destruction after king tides eroded sand directly beneath them.

Earlier this week, about 500 SES crew members and volunteers worked into the night, piling up about 12,000 sandbags to fortify the dozen or so homes and two apartment blocks on the verge of sliding into the sea.

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Boulders were also brought in to strengthen the sea defences.

Affected residents have since been placed in emergency accommodation until the situation can be resolved.

At least five people died in the storms, which swept Australia’s east coast and caused an estimated $56 million of damages.

A hunt for two Tasmanian men missing in floodwaters continues, as wild weather batters the southern state. A number of flood-affected Tasmanian towns were evacuated.

A record wave of 17.7m was recorded off the New South Wales south coast near Eden on Monday, smashing the existing state record, the NSW Nearshore Wave Transformation project reports.