New South Wales' lockdown laws might be scaled back earlier than expected with two states announcing today they're about to allow greater freedom. But there are still plenty of hurdles in the way. Our state's total infection rate passed the 3,000 mark with news of another nursing home death and staff at two hospitals put into isolation because of an infected doctor. More: 7news.link/2x9N7OD #Coronavirus #7NEWS | 7NEWS Sydney

NEW SOUTH WALES WEATHER WARNINGS UPDATE Thursday 15 January 2026 – Evening NSW is now under a major severe weather outbreak with dangerous thunderstorms, flash flooding risk, damaging winds, marine gales and hazardous surf all active simultaneously. This is a high impact system. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING – VERY DANGEROUS For parts of Blue Mountains, Hawkesbury, Sydney Basin, Illawarra and South Coast. A very dangerous thunderstorm is currently near Kangaroo Valley and Fitzroy Falls producing: