THOUSANDS of Riverina homes were without power after a short but intense storm swept through the region this afternoon.
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The storm struck Wagga from the south west about 4pm, flooding roads and sending shoppers scurrying.
Essential Energy late this afternoon was reporting more than 6300 homes were without electricity, from Kooringal through to Ladysmith, Book Book and Gelston Park worst affected.
More than 3600 customers were blacked out in the Tumbarumba and Batlow areas, while there were also outages around the Barellan and Holbrook areas
Almost six millimetres of rain fell at the Forest Hill weather office in 30 minutes from 4.15pm and winds reached 43 kilometres an hour.
