Wild storms smash NSW, leaving Carinda without pub (featured in David Bowie’s Let’s Dance video), pizza shop and general store

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A tiny town where David Bowie once filmed a music video has lost three commercial buildings, including a pub, during wild storms that smashed much of NSW.

The State Emergency Service (SES) logged more than 270 incidents across NSW yesterday, with 49 in the state’s west.

One of the worst-affected areas was Carinda, a small town near Walgett with fewer than 100 residents, where winds ripped the roofs off the local pub, pizza shop and general store.