A second wave of storms was predicted to batter Sydney again, but the Bureau of Meteorology has revised down the likelihood of wild weather on Saturday night.
Endeavour Energy said it expects to work into the night to restore power to 2500 customers, with many of them to spend a second night in the dark.
"There has been nearly 400 electrical hazards caused by this storm, mainly from trees falling across powerlines in the strong winds," Endeavour Energy said in a statement.
Nine people were rescued from floodwaters and more than 40,000 properties lost power after the storms across Sydney and the Illawarra and the Hunter regions on Friday evening.
Flash flooding in Parramatta and other parts of western Sydney turned intersections to lakes and led several drivers to ask for SES help to get them out of their cars.
#SydneyStorm James Ruse Drive 😨 pic.twitter.com/9uNvVMt38h— Judy (@JudyJaz) 8 лютого 2019 р.
Guildford copped 61 millimetres of rain, including 47mm in just 30 minutes while Sydney Olympic Park received 40mm in the 40 minutes to 7pm.
The SES was responding to more than 500 jobs, mainly for leaky roofs and trees down.
Organisers of the Tropfest short film festival have scrambled to find a different location for the event at the eleventh hour after wild storms damaged a stage and screens.
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