WET AND WILD WEEKHUNTER SES CALL OUTS 6018 From Monday to Thursday 4.30pm3500 jobs remainingSES WORKERS 500 on the ground, 300 locals, 200 from outside the areaRFS WORKERS 90 FIRE AND RESCUE 1000 NSW

RAINFALL 148mm In one hour at Maitland between 10am and 11am Tuesday436mm Maitland’s rainfall in the 48 hours to Wednesday morning80mm Maitland’s April average rainfall

IN 24 HOURS TO TUESDAY MORNINGDungog had 312mm Tocal had 243mmIN 48 HOURS TO WEDNESDAY MORNINGWallsend 318mmLambton 280mmMerewether 274mm Maryville 222mNobbys 164mmGostwyck Bridge 408mm Cessnock 197mm

WIND GUSTS Nobbys and Norah Head- 135km/hMerewether - 130km/h (estimated)Williamtown - 113km/h

POWER 250,000 Calls to Ausgrid11,000 Reports of wires down130,000 Peak number of customers without power

TOP FIVE SUBURBS STILL WITHOUT POWER Source: Ausgrid

Raymond Terrace 2393 customers Charlestown 1686Anna Bay 1382Valentine 1210Waratah 1198

RIVER HEIGHTSPaterson River, Gostwyck Bridge 16.1mWollombi Brook, Bulga 7.3mHunter River at Singleton 10.1m Hunter River at Maitland 8.9m

RUBBISH COLLECTION NEWCASTLE Free tipping for storm waste at Summerhill starts on SaturdayLAKE MACQUARIE Free kerbside green waste col-lection service for all residents will start on April 27, 2015MAITLAND Three waste collection trucks operating on Saturday. Kerbside waste collection in Gillieston Heights and Phoenix Park will be serviced as soon as these areas are accessibleCESSNOCK Waste collection services are operating with one day delay. The service will be

operating on Saturday and normal service should resume on MondayPORT STEPHENS Collections are up to two days behind. People should leave their bins out as per normal and they will be collected. Collections that were missed earlier this week will also be collected across the weekend

PHONE COVERAGETELSTRA ADSL services down 13,000 TELSTRA FIXED LINE services down 17,000 TRAFFIC LIGHT BLACKED OUT 250 or more traffic lights blacked out. Lights still out in Newcastle, Maitland and Upper Hunter

PEOPLE CUT OFF BY FLOODWATER4500 at the peakPeople still cut off 2500

ROADS STILL CLOSED MAITLANDABERGLASSLYN Aberglasslyn Road (at Melville Ford Bridge)BERRY PARK McFarlanes RoadBOLWARRA Lang DriveBOLWARRA Paterson Road at Flat Road RoundaboutDUCKENFIELD Eales RoadEAST MAITLAND Melbourne Street (nr Flinders St)EAST MAITLAND Metford Road - closed at Raymond Terrace Rd roundabout to

Maize StreetEAST MAITLAND Metford Road underpass closed - Raymond Terrace Rd to

Fieldsend StreetEAST MAITLAND Raymond Terrace Road (Closed at Roundabout at Metford

Road to Chisholm)GILLIESTON HEIGHTS Cessnock Road (nr Vintage)HILLSBOROUGH Hillsborough Road at the concrete culvertLARGS Dalveen RoadLARGS McKimms Road LARGS Flat Road at Glenarvon RoadLOUTH PARK Louth Park RoadLOUTH PARK Trappaud Road - Melbourne Street endLUSKINTYRE Luskintyre Road (near house No. 805)MAITLAND Allan Walsh Drive MAITLAND Fry Street & Bent StreetMAITLAND Ken Tubman Drive at Allan WalshMAITLAND Maitland Park closed for vehicular trafficMAITLAND New England Highway from Maitland Hospital to Melbourne

StreetOAKHAMPTON Willards LaneTARRO Woodberry RoadTELARAH Bungaree StreetTELARAH Green StreetTELARAH Mt Dee RoadTENAMBIT Metford Rd closed Raymond Terrace Rd to Maize StreetTESTERS HOLLOW Cessnock RoadTHORNTON Government Road / Raymond Terrace RoadTHORNTON Raymond Terrace Road at Thornton (Chisholm) WOODBERRY Duckenfield AvenueWOODBERRY Redbill Drive to WoodberryWOODBERRY Woodberry RoadWOODBERRY Lawson AvenueCESSNOCK Cessnock Road, Abermain

PORT STEPHENSSix Mile Rd, EagletonKirrang Drive & Lisadell Road, Medowie Dixon St, Nelson Bay Trafalgar St, Nelson BayWentworth St, Nelson Bay Ronald Ave, Shoal Bay Garden Place, Shoal BayFlannel Flower Fairway, Shoal BayClarencetown Rd closed at Carmichael’s Creek Seaham Road, SeahamKent Gardens, Soldiers PointKing Street, Raymond TerraceHunter St, Raymond TerraceBourke St, Raymond TerraceWilliam Bailey St (at McDonald’s), Raymond Terrace

Newline Road, Raymond TerraceLinks Drive, Raymond TerraceFitzgerald Bridge, Raymond TerracePort Stephens St, Raymond Terrace - closed between William St and William Bailey StOld Punt Rd, TomagoButterwick Road, WoodvillePaterson Road, Woodville

SINGLETON Cranky Corner RoadWollombi RoadGresford Road

BRIDGE CLOSURES Hillsborough Road Bridge, HillsboroughMelville Ford Bridge. AberglasslynYarramalong Bridge, Louth Park

EVACUATION CENTRES Raymond Terrace Evacuation

Centre – 17 E Irrawang Street, Raymond Terrace: Breakfast, lunch and dinner. Open until Monday 27 April

Green Hills Evacuation Centre - 19 Galway Bay Drive Ashtonfield: Breakfast, lunch and dinner. Ongoing into Saturday and pos-sibly open until Monday 27 April

Nelson Bay Evacuation centre, 4981 Nelson Bay Road, Nelson Bay: Dinner 23rd April and ongo-ing at the moment

Medowie Evacuation Centre, 44 Ferodale Road, Medowie: Dinner 23rd April and ongoing at the moment

ROADS STILL CLOSED

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