The strong winds and wet conditions being felt along the NSW North Coast have brought down trees and powerlines across the footprint, affecting the power supply to 9,300 homes and businesses.
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Essential Energy responded to numerous calls of wires down throughout the night, yet conditions were too dangerous for many repairs to take place, with crews ensuring lines were safe in preparation for repairs today.
Although some areas in the Far North Coast remain without power, the majority of customers are located in the Mid North Coast as the east coast low moved south overnight.
Areas include (but are not limited too):
· Tuncurry – 1,400 customers with wires down in multiple areas
· Nambucca – 1,500 customers throughout the area with trees in lines.
· Smith’s Lake/Coomba Park and surrounding area – 860 customers
· Kempsey and out to Dondingalong – 560 customers
· Aldavilla – 20 customers
· Yamba – 490 customers
· Goonengerry – 200 customers
Other areas where 100 or less customers are affected include:
Mullumbimby, Boat Harbour, Sandy Beach, South Grafton, Byron Bay, Kyogle, Mount Nardi, Karangi Dam, Frederickton, Cundletown, Lansdown, Crescent Head, Megan, Comboyne and Forster.
Crews have a challenging job in front of them today with access to some areas unavailable due to flood waters and the wind and rain continuing to batter the area. Safety will remain our number one priority as restorations efforts continue.
Customers can contact Essential Energy on 13 20 80, check our website for outage information,www.essentialenergy.com.au, or follow our Facebook page.
We want to thank customers for their patience as our crews repair the network and restore supply.
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