WHERE WE'RE AT 1pm AEST
DEAD:
* Four dead
* Colin Webb, 79, Robin MacDonald, 68, and Brian Wilson, 72 - in Dungog flooding, Tuesday
* Elderly woman, whose car was washed away in Maitland flooding
WARNINGS:
* Another storm front could emerge in the next few days
* Flood warnings for rivers across the Hunter, Sydney's outer north/west, Central Coast
* Rivers include Hunter, Hawkesbury, Nepean, Wyong, Paterson and Williams and Tuggerah Lake
* Georges River at Milperra, southwest Sydney, has dropped, all-clear declared
* Stay out of flood waters, don't attempt to drive through
EMERGENCIES:
* 132 flood rescues, 95 in the Hunter
* 14,000 calls for assistance since Monday
* Call-outs equate to almost entire workload for year so far
* About 2000 people isolated by floodwater in the Hunter
* More than 205 SES teams operating
* ACT, Vic, Qld emergency teams assisting
POWER:
* Power out to 160,000 Ausgrid network homes, businesses
* Affected areas are Newcastle, Port Stephens, Lake Macquarie (75,000), Hunter Valley (20,000), Wyong (22,000), Gosford (33,000), Sydney (11,500)
* 10,000 reports of fallen powerlines, other hazards since Monday
* 1200 field staff including extra crews from across NSW and Qld assisting with repair work, reconnections
* Backlog might not be cleared until into the weekend
TRANSPORT:
* Roads in many areas flooded, trees and power lines down
* Public transport disruptions across NSW continue for trains, buses, ferries
DAMAGE:
* NSW government declares 12 local government areas eligible for disaster assistance
* Insurance Council declares catastrophe for storm affected areas
* Assessors heading to affected areas
* Losses now estimated at $161 million
* 24,250 claims received so far
(Sources: SES, Ausgrid, NSW government, others)
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