WHERE WE'RE AT 6pm AEST
DEAD:
* Three dead - Colin Webb, 79, Robin MacDonald, 68, and Brian Wilson, 72 - in Dungog flooding, Tuesday
MISSING:
* 2 people missing, suspected dead, after car washed away in Fishery Creek, Maitland
WARNINGS:
* Slow-moving storm cell off Hunter coast, moving south
* Gale force winds easing in Sydney, but periods of heavy rain and gusts for Illawarra
* Severe weather warning in place for Illawarra and parts of south coast
* Minor to moderate flooding continues in parts of Hunter, Sydney and Central Coast
* Stay out of flood waters, don't attempt to drive through
* Congestion on roads, public transport delays
* Residents in parts of Milperra, southwest Sydney, ordered to evacuate
EMERGENCIES:
* More than 110 flood rescues
* Almost 8000 calls for assistance since Monday
* More than 205 SES teams operating in Hunter, metropolitan Sydney and Illawarra regions
* ACT, Vic, Qld emergency teams assisting
WORST AFFECTED:
* Sydney northern - 3660 emergencies
* Hunter and Central Coast - 3815
* Sydney southern - 2242
POWER:
* Power out to 205,000 Ausgrid network homes, businesses
* Affected areas are Newcastle (95,000), Hunter Central Coast (97,000) and Sydney (11,500)
* Hunter worst affected with 130,000 customers blacked out
* Extra crews being brought in from across NSW and Qld
* Could be well into weekend before backlog cleared
TRANSPORT:
* Roads in many areas flooded, trees and power lines down
* Central Coast and Newcastle, Hunter, South Coast affected by flooding, buses replaces trains some sections
* Cronulla to Bundeena, Palm Beach to Ettalong and Empire Bay to Woy Woy ferries are not operating, buses replace Parramatta River ferries between Parramatta and Kissing Point Wharf
* Bus delays throughout Sydney, Central Coast, Newcastle
* Sydney Airport open, but delays of up to an hour for domestic flights, some international flights diverted
DAMAGE:
* NSW government expects to declare Dungog, Maitland, parts of Central Coast natural disaster zones
* Insurance Council declares catastrophe for storm affected areas
* Losses estimated at $129 million
* More than 19,500 claims received
(Sources: SES, Ausgrid, NSW government, others)
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