This weekend marks three months since five fast-moving south-easterly storm cells converged on Sydney’s Western Suburbs, bringing tennis ball sized hail that broke apart tile roofs and left terrified homeowners exposed to torrential rain. As with many catastrophic weather events, the initial shocking deluge received media attention and was then lost in the 24-hours news…
The storm only lasted for fifteen minutes, but nearly two weeks later Sydney residents are still reeling from the devastation. The thunderstorm that struck Sydney a fortnight ago hit Kellyville particularly hard, with tennis ball sized hailstones smashing cars and breaking open tile roofs throughout the suburb. Many houses in Stynes Avenue are still waiting…
A new patented, Australian invention ‘Stormseal’ – that super seals buildings and roofs damaged by storms or left open during construction – will aid extreme weather victims, their insurers and builders, thanks to a $452,162 federal government commercialisation grant. Stormseal’s Founder and Managing Director Matthew Lennox said the funding would allow his company to fully…
The Hon Wyatt Roy MP Assistant Minister for Innovation 21 April 2016 A new emergency protection system for storm-damaged buildings is among the latest innovations to receive commercialisation assistance through the Australian Government’s Entrepreneurs’ Programme. Assistant Minister for Innovation Wyatt Roy today announced that nine companies had been offered $4.6 million in commercialisation grants to…