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Aerial images show how roads and a highway to major regional NSW towns were submerged in July flood

The extent to which flooding cut off several roads, including the New England Highway, in the NSW Hunter region a week ago has been captured in aerial images.

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Teenage boy rescued after falling from cliff at Greta

Paramedics have rescued a young man who fell over a cliff edge in the Hunter.

Newcastle Herald

Rough surf pounds Hunter coastline as 'rare' erosion strikes twice

Rough surf that pounded the Hunter's coastline has dragged away tonnes of sand and dumped a junkyard of driftwood - leaving local beaches almost unrecognisable.

Newcastle Herald

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Hunter takes stock as photos reveal the extent of flood damage

Residents of the Hunter have begun to take stock after the most recent stretch of rain brought widespread flooding about the region.

Newcastle Herald

Demand for serious investment in flood-prone areas after Maitland's close call with levee bank

A narrow escape with catastrophe after structural concerns with the levee bank threatened to swamp Maitland CBD on Friday has reinforced the need for serious investment in the Hunter's water infrastructure.

Newcastle Herald

Hunter 'under-valued' and 'under-funded' by state

Hunter special activation project underfunded compared to other regions.

Newcastle Herald

Raymond Terrace couple trapped in car rescued as SES focuses on cut-off towns

As rain continues to batter the Hunter over the weekend, NSW SES crews were kept busy with rescues and resupply missions to cut-off communities across the region.

Newcastle Herald

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Severe weather warning for damaging surf as rain continues to batter the Hunter

A severe weather warning has been issued for the Hunter as rain continues to batter the flood-affected towns of Bulga, Maitland and Raymond Terrace.

Newcastle Herald

Homeschooling on the rise across the Hunter

"There's been a massive influx into homeschooling, just huge, it's crazy."

Newcastle Herald

They ran a marathon and then rode 850 kilometres in pouring rain all to help fight DIPG children's brain cancer

The Gold Coast Marathon was only the beginning.

Newcastle Herald

Adam Liaw sings Hunter Valley's praises

"Each producer is dedicated to one thing, which makes them incredible at what they do."

Newcastle Herald

Stockton erosion, Hunter floods: fighting weather crises fast and slow

Editorial: While help may be on the way for those hit by this sudden and very immediate threat, at Stockton residents feel progress against their insidious one is proving glacial.

Newcastle Herald

Destructive flood leaves Hunter councils a mammoth repair bill in its wake

Horror floods couldn't break the spirit of community across the Hunter, but destructive water that overturned cars, wiped out homes and pulled down powerlines has racked up an astronomical damage bill in its wake.

Newcastle Herald

Time for a Hunter City Deal, says property council

The council has previously advocated for the Hunter to be part of the program, and has renewed the call after the federal election with Labor supporting the wider concept.

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Newcastle, Port Stephens, Muswellbrook, MidCoast declared disaster zones

More local government areas across the Hunter region have been declared natural disaster zones, making federal-state relief money available to more people affected by the floods that have inundated many parts of NSW this week.

Newcastle Herald

Two families rescued from isolated properties near Maitland

Two families have been rescued from flooded parts of the Hunter.

Newcastle Herald

Bee parasite detections rise in the Hunter

The bee parasite has been detected at more Hunter properties.

Newcastle Herald

Hunter floods: Washington demands flood assistance as Port Stephens is left in the lurch

Disaster-declared towns like Maitland and Dungog breathed a sigh of relief yesterday, while on the other side of the Hunter River, suburbs that succumbed to rising floodwaters have been left in the lurch.

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Ice to see the tradition of Disney on Ice skate back into Newcastle

That Disney, it's a company worth keeping an eye on. It might be big one day.

ABC News

NSW flood victims return home to wreckage, water yet to recede in parts of Hunter and Central Coast

Flood-affected New South Wales residents are reminded to stay vigilant with flooding still isolating communities in the Hunter and Central Coast.

ABC News

Rain and flood records fall across New South Wales as temperatures in Queensland plummet

From nearly a metre of rain south of Sydney to a one-in-500-year flood in the Hunter, one huge weather system has driven extremes from Darwin to NSW.

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‘We’ve had bad flooding before, but nothing like this’: regional NSW towns cut off by week-long deluge

Rains continue to threaten communities as the low-pressure system moves to the Hunter, Central Coast and Mid-North Coast

Newcastle Herald

Is the Hunter getting its fair share of a $3.6 billion royalties bonanza?

This year an extra $2.2 billion in royalties revenue will fill the state's coffers, much of it from the Hunter Valley

Newcastle Herald

Another 22 years of coal queried in Mount Pleasant mine extension hearing

Climate change on the agenda at planning commission's consideration of massive Hunter Valley coal mine expansion plan

Newcastle Herald

TOOHEY'S NEWS: Hunter horse training legend Kris Lees has Newcastle in the bloodline

Listen to the latest episode of Toohey's News: The Podcast on Spotify, Apple, Google, or wherever you like to listen.

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