A fisherman died after being swept off rocks near Sydney on Sunday, stretching the Easter weekend death toll of drownings to six as huge waves battered Australia’s east coast.
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Emergency services winched two people from the surf at Wattamolla Beach, but one of them could not be revived, New South Wales Police said in a statement.
The pair had been fishing when swept off rocks on the outskirts of southern Sydney.
The second person, a 14-year-old boy, was in a stable condition in hospital.
It continued a run of fatalities over the holiday weekend, with the search ongoing for two other people still missing in the surf since Friday – one off Sydney and one off Melbourne.
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Surf Life Saving Australia (SLSA) issued a warning on Thursday that strong swells would create hazardous surf conditions along the coasts of New South Wales and Victoria.