State Emergency Services crews were kept busy throughout the weekend, as wild winds lashed the Illawarra.
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Meanwhile, a severe weather warning remains in place for the region as of Monday morning, as damaging winds, averaging 60 to 70 km/hour, with peak gusts in excess of 90 km/hour, are possible for the Illawarra.
Winds of 91 km/hour were recorded at Kiama at 3.38am on Monday.
Winds of 89 km/hour were recorded at Albion Park at 2.08pm on Sunday.
According to the Bureau of Meteorology, since Thursday, a series of cold fronts have generated periods of strong and gusty winds over southeastern parts of NSW.
One of these cold fronts, clipping the southeastern corner of NSW, is moving northwards, bringing another bout of vigorous west to southwesterly winds.
Later on Monday morning winds are expected to gradually ease as this front moves away to the east.
"The winds are probably going to be at their peak between now and mid-morning," an SES spokesperson said at 6.30am.
"Then what we'll find is the winds will abate... And potentially the severe weather warning could be cancelled around 11am-12pm."
The spokesperson said Illawarra units were kept busy over the weekend, with the Kiama unit attending 16 jobs, Shellharbour City (18), Dapto (20) and Wollongong (34).
The jobs were related to fallen trees and branches, power lines being down and damage to roofs and around houses.
The spokesperson said there was no one injured as a result of these incidents.
Another cold front is expected to move across the southeast on Wednesday, but the BOM says this is unlikely to be as strong as those preceding it.