Non-operational school updates This list was updated at 8:17am 10 February 2020. The following NSW public schools will be temporarily non-operational on Monday 10 February Albion Park High School Albion Park Public School Bilpin Public School Brisbane Water Secondary College Umina Campus Brunswick Heads Public...
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🚨🚧🚆TRAINS SUSPENDED🚆🚧🚨 Fallen trees, urgent signal equipment repairs at Wyong and Woy Woy and heavy rainfall activating safety monitors at Wondabyne. Buses are being organised, but we have no ETA yet. Please delay travelling if possible. Major delays are being experienced. Keep up to date...
NSW SES Swiftwater Rescue teams along with FRNSW, Police and ambulance have responded to a teenager who has fallen from his canoe on the Allyn River. The teenager was trapped by compression against timber in the river and had to be freed by an NSW...
In the last 20 minutes, our amazing volunteers have responded to 3 separate flood rescues. This makes our total flood rescue responses on the Central Coast for this storm event above 15. Our volunteers and all emergency services are working very hard to ensure everyone’s...
100 homes are currently without power near Cessnock, affected areas include Abernethy, Elrington, Kearsley, Abermain, Cessnock Estimated restore time is 2pm as the repairs are very complexed. SES is warning people we could see more power outages during the course of this weather event. Things...
A lucky escape for a driver on the M1 motorway today at Bushells Ridge. About 3:45pm yesterday afternoon crews from Tuggerah and Warnervale Brigades along with FRNSW responded to a motor vehicle collision in the northbound lanes of the motorway. A vehicle towing a large...
The first signs of local flooding are starting to occur between Hexham and Sandgate 1 northbound lane is closed and traffic is moving slowly. The advice is not to drive through flooded waters as this could lead to you and your car being washed away,...
Chicken tonight is recalling a popular product from Coles, Woolworths and IGA, The companies popular Chicken Tonight Cashew Sauce is being recalled because of a potential presence of an undeclared allergen (peanuts). Chicken Tonight said: “Your health and safety matters to us. That’s why we...
⚠️ 🌧 URGENT MESSAGE: HEAVY RAIN, POSSIBLE WATERSPOUTS, LIFE-THREATENING FLASH FLOODING An intense low-pressure system is forecast to affect the coast between #PortStephens and #Sydney overnight tonight. Damaging winds and localised heavy rainfall totals of 100-300mm are currently being predicted. Waterspouts are also a possibility...
We have just learnt an additional 41 people onboard the Diamond Princess Cruise Ship sitting off the coast of Japan have been infected with the deadly Coronvavirus. This news comes after we heard about 10 new cases yesterday and authorities relaxed their quarantine rules allowing...
On Wednesday the 5th of February a woman allegedly pulled a gun out on a resident in Aberdare shortly after being door knocked by the Garvan Institute. An hour after door knockers for the Garvan Institute knocked on the door of man in Aberrdare allegedly...
Newcastle City Police are appealing for public help to find a missing person. Natia Matthews was last seen leaving a home in Fletcher on the 28th of January, 2020. She has not been seen since however we have had phone contact. Police hold concerns for...
there is a distressing situation unfolding in Victoria and it has nothing to do with bushfires. Heartbreaking photos of injured and dead koalas from a razed Bluegum Plantation in Portland are circulating across Twitter. They bulldozed the trees with Koalas still living in them, those...
What we know so far. Numbers have just been updated to 20 Confirmed cases aboard the Crusie Ship, it’s unclear if any of the new cases are Australian. 20 confirmed cases of Coronavirus 2 Australian Among the Confirmed Cases 4,000 people confined to their cabins...
⚠️ #NSWSES WARNS OF FLOOD RISK The NSW SES is urging residents across widespread parts of NSW to prepare for severe weather over the coming days and into next week. The Bureau of Meteorology is predicting heavy rain from the #NorthernRivers all the way down...
Council will undertake works in February 2020 in the Cessnock CBD- Cooper and Charlton Streets. The works include installation of additional bollards, speed cushions and paving rectification works. During these works there will be unavoidable disruption to traffic. Traffic on Cooper and Charlton will be reduced...
An unlicensed driver will face court today charged over two alleged police pursuits through the Lake Macquarie region. About 11.50pm yesterday (Friday 31 January 2020), officers from Port Stephens-Hunter Police District were conducting proactive patrols in Chisholm, following reports a construction site in the area...
The Hunter Valley tourism took a major hit over the peak Christmas New Year period from the bushfire crisis that impacted the area. According to an article in the Cessnock Advertiser the Industry lost $42 million due to the Bushfire Crisis. Accommodation providers, recreational activity...
Around 1900 homes are without power on Central Coast as the heatwave is hitting peak temperatures, the cause is unknown at this stage and crews are investigating. Power is expected to be restored around 2:30pm
A Cessnock resident has taken to social media after receiving a $268 fine for parking in his own driveway for obstructing the nature strip in which his driveway is built across, this has caused a bit if stir on social media to who is in...