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Hunter Storms Rolling Coverage

today16 January 2025

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Newy 87.8 provided rolling coverage of the storms via our Facebook Page

 

South Newcastle Beach Skate Park is holding up following the storms

 

NELSON BAY – Outback Mike shares his experience of life during the recent power outage in the bay.

 

The recent natural disaster declaration for MAITLAND and PORT STEPHENS unlocks a range of support measures to assist residents

 

Flooding at Sandgate has lead to the cancellation of rail services between Maitland and Newcastle.

 

About 10:45am on Wednesday 8th January 2025, Fire and Rescue Wallsend were called to Bulkara Street in Wallsend after reports of a Motor Vehicle Crash.

 

Not only has this Cooks Hill resident lost power, they’ve lost their front windscreen too.

 

Strong winds are causing sand from Bar Beach to blow onto the road outside Bar Beach Bowlo.

 

Parts of Bulahdelah are now flooding. Also, Ferndale Caravan Park near Dungog has been evacuated.

 

Meryl Swanson, Member for Paterson sends her thanks to our emergency services.

 

This tree has just come down on high-voltage powerlines along Fullerton Cove Road.

 

Newcastle is currently experiencing wind gusts of up to 74 km/h. Let’s hope there’s minimal damage. Stay safe!

 

Old mate was trying to chase the elusive 3-metre flatty and got himself into mischief.

 

SHOPS CLOSED – Scores of businesses on Wallsend’s Main Street continue to struggle as the power outage extends into its second day

 

TREE DOWN – Myall Way Road heading in to Tea Gardens. No way in/out until the tree is removed.

 

Ausgrid’s hardworking techs have started restoring power to parts of Nelson Bay.

 

There are still 85,000 premises without power. We have never seen the Ausgrid map look like this before.

 

FIRST LOOK – The amenities building for the water park is under construction on the Newcastle foreshore.

 

The storms ripped the roof off this Port Authority shelter on the Newcastle foreshore and it landed on Wharf Road.

 

Several mobile towers across Port Stephens have depleted backup batteries, leaving some areas without mobile coverage, results vary between carriers.

 

This is the corner of Maitland Road and Newcastle Inner-City Bypass at 6:19am. It is one of the hundreds of traffic lights blacked out across the Hunter.

 

FATAL CRASH AT CESSNOCK – A man has died in a single-vehicle motorcycle crash at Cessnock overnight.

 

Be careful on the roads this morning. There is a lot of debris on the roads, and a heap of traffic lights are blacked out

 

Part of a roof directly outside the port building on the Newcastle Forehsore.

 

This is the MAIN STREET into Raymond Terrace (Adelaide St). Closed in both directions. Traffic contractors have set up a diversion via the back streets.

 

Only the Kooragang side of the bridge is lit up tonight, everything Stockton and beyond is pitch black following the storms.

 

MOBILE RECEPTION WARNING – In large blacked out areas, like Port Stephens. There is a possibility you may lose mobile phone 4G/5G reception

 

Here are just some issues our emergency services have been called out to following the storm:

 

At 9:42pm, a total of ** 113,000 ** premises were without power, some areas with an estimated restoration time of midday tomorrow.

 

Written by: Newy Staff

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