WET AND WILD WEEK
HUNTER SES CALL OUTS 6018 From Monday to Thursday 4.30pm
3500 jobs remaining
SES WORKERS 500 on the ground,
300 locals, 200 from outside the area
RFS WORKERS 90
FIRE AND RESCUE 1000 NSW
RAINFALL
148mm In one hour at Maitland between 10am and 11am Tuesday
436mm Maitland’s rainfall in the 48 hours to Wednesday morning
80mm Maitland’s April average rainfall
IN 24 HOURS TO TUESDAY MORNING
Dungog had 312mm
Tocal had 243mm
IN 48 HOURS TO WEDNESDAY MORNING
Wallsend 318mm
Lambton 280mm
Merewether 274mm
Maryville 222m
Nobbys 164mm
Gostwyck Bridge 408mm
Cessnock 197mm
WIND GUSTS
Nobbys and Norah Head- 135km/h
Merewether - 130km/h (estimated)
Williamtown - 113km/h
POWER
250,000 Calls to Ausgrid
11,000 Reports of wires down
130,000 Peak number of customers without power
TOP FIVE SUBURBS STILL WITHOUT POWER Source: Ausgrid
Raymond Terrace 2393 customers
Charlestown 1686
Anna Bay 1382
Valentine 1210
Waratah 1198
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RIVER HEIGHTS
Paterson River, Gostwyck Bridge 16.1m
Wollombi Brook, Bulga 7.3m
Hunter River at Singleton 10.1m
Hunter River at Maitland 8.9m
RUBBISH COLLECTION
NEWCASTLE Free tipping for storm waste at
Summerhill starts on Saturday
LAKE MACQUARIE Free kerbside green waste collection service for all residents will start on April
27, 2015
MAITLAND 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 accessible
CESSNOCK Waste collection services are
operating with one day delay. The service will be
operating on Saturday and normal service should
resume on Monday
PORT 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 COVERAGE
TELSTRA 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 FLOODWATER
4500 at the peak
People still cut off 2500
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 possibly open until Monday 27 April
 Nelson Bay Evacuation centre,
4981 Nelson Bay Road, Nelson
Bay: Dinner 23rd April and ongoing at the moment
 Medowie Evacuation Centre, 44
Ferodale Road, Medowie: Dinner
23rd April and ongoing at the
moment
ROADS STILL CLOSED
ROADS STILL CLOSED
MAITLAND
ABERGLASSLYN
Aberglasslyn Road (at Melville Ford Bridge)
BERRY PARK
McFarlanes Road
BOLWARRA
Lang Drive
BOLWARRA
Paterson Road at Flat Road Roundabout
DUCKENFIELD
Eales Road
EAST MAITLAND
Melbourne Street (nr Flinders St)
EAST MAITLANDMetford Road - closed at Raymond Terrace Rd roundabout to
Maize Street
EAST MAITLANDMetford Road underpass closed - Raymond Terrace Rd to
Fieldsend Street
EAST MAITLANDRaymond Terrace Road (Closed at Roundabout at Metford
Road to Chisholm)
GILLIESTON HEIGHTS Cessnock Road (nr Vintage)
HILLSBOROUGH
Hillsborough Road at the concrete culvert
LARGS
Dalveen Road
LARGS
McKimms Road
LARGS
Flat Road at Glenarvon Road
LOUTH PARK
Louth Park Road
LOUTH PARK
Trappaud Road - Melbourne Street end
LUSKINTYRE
Luskintyre Road (near house No. 805)
MAITLAND
Allan Walsh Drive
MAITLAND
Fry Street & Bent Street
MAITLAND
Ken Tubman Drive at Allan Walsh
MAITLAND
Maitland Park closed for vehicular traffic
MAITLANDNew England Highway from Maitland Hospital to Melbourne
Street
OAKHAMPTON
Willards Lane
TARRO
Woodberry Road
TELARAH
Bungaree Street
TELARAH
Green Street
TELARAH
Mt Dee Road
TENAMBITMetford Rd closed Raymond Terrace Rd to Maize Street
TESTERS HOLLOW Cessnock Road
THORNTON
Government Road / Raymond Terrace Road
THORNTON
Raymond Terrace Road at Thornton (Chisholm)
WOODBERRY
Duckenfield Avenue
WOODBERRY
Redbill Drive to Woodberry
WOODBERRY
Woodberry Road
WOODBERRY
Lawson Avenue
CESSNOCK
Cessnock Road, Abermain
PORT STEPHENS
Six Mile Rd, Eagleton
Kirrang Drive & Lisadell Road, Medowie
Dixon St, Nelson Bay
Trafalgar St, Nelson Bay
Wentworth St, Nelson Bay
Ronald Ave, Shoal Bay
Garden Place, Shoal Bay
Flannel Flower Fairway, Shoal Bay
Clarencetown Rd closed at Carmichael’s
Creek
Seaham Road, Seaham
Kent Gardens, Soldiers Point
King Street, Raymond Terrace
Hunter St, Raymond Terrace
Bourke St, Raymond Terrace
William Bailey St (at McDonald’s),
Raymond Terrace
Newline Road, Raymond Terrace
Links Drive, Raymond Terrace
Fitzgerald Bridge, Raymond Terrace
Port Stephens St, Raymond Terrace closed between William St and William
Bailey St
Old Punt Rd, Tomago
Butterwick Road, Woodville
Paterson Road, Woodville
SINGLETON
Cranky Corner Road
Wollombi Road
Gresford Road
BRIDGE CLOSURES
Hillsborough Road Bridge, Hillsborough
Melville Ford Bridge. Aberglasslyn
Yarramalong Bridge, Louth Park