Port Stephens severe weather: Mop up begins after Nelson Bay, Williamtown rain records smashed in 'one-in-100-year-event'

Ellie-Marie Watts
Updated March 25 2021 - 2:42pm, first published 6:30am
DIG IN: Port Stephens SES volunteers filling sandbags in Raymond Terrace on Friday, March 19. Pictured, from left, is Jason Lichtwark, Zayne Phillips, Aidan Coulter and Levi Lewis. Picture: Marina Neil
DIG IN: Port Stephens SES volunteers filling sandbags in Raymond Terrace on Friday, March 19. Pictured, from left, is Jason Lichtwark, Zayne Phillips, Aidan Coulter and Levi Lewis. Picture: Marina Neil

Clean up and repair efforts were already under way in Port Stephens this week following six days of torrential rain that saw long-held rainfall records smashed, paddocks and homes flooded, a landslip in Nelson Bay and a section of Foreshore Drive in Corlette destroyed.

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Ellie-Marie Watts

A journalist with 10 years experience, Ellie-Marie connects readers to the stories that matter in their communities. A Port Stephens-based news, sport and event writer and photographer with a passion for human interest features.

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