Flooding around Chittaway to be reassessed
Chittaway Point was put on evacuation warning on Friday, April 5, as torrential rain pummelled the Central Coat and the Wyong River continued to rise. The warning followed notification of…
Floods
Marine Rescue Tuggerah Lakes helps out in WA
Boat crew members from Marine Rescue Tuggerah Lakes were in new waters when they headed to Western Australia recently to assist the SES in operating boats on swift-flowing rivers following…
Supporting resilience in wake of floods
Central Coast projects have attracted $110,000 in Flood Recovery Grants to promote wellbeing and resilience for residents impacted by recent flood events. Funded by the NSW Government and facilitated by…
Rate payment deferral for flood-impacted residents
Central Coast residents with flood-impacted properties will be given an extra two months to pay their first 2022/23 rate instalment. Central Coast Council Administrator, Rik Hart, said the deferral was…
Hawkesbury River oyster industry in crisis
Member for Gosford, Liesl Tesch, is calling for immediate government assistance for oyster farmers, with the Central Coast oyster industry at risk of collapse following devastating heavy rains over the…
NSW Labor calls for relief for oyster farmers
NSW Labor has called on the Minister for Agriculture to provide financial relief for local oyster farmers affected by the recent flooding events. Labor called on the NSW Government to…
Banding together to help flood victims
When Jan Hupfau heard about the devastation from floods in the north of the state, she was determined to do something about it. At the age of 83, she rallied…
Coast swings into recovery mode as rains ease
As the rain settled a little and the sun poked its head out this week, attention turned to mop up operations around the Central Coast. After receiving more that 600mm…
Central Coast included in disaster relief declaration
The NSW Government has issued a disaster relief declaration for many parts of coastal NSW, including the Central Coast Local Government Area. Parliamentary Secretary for the Central Coast Adam Crouch…
Central Coast Weekly News 5@5
Welcome to Central Coast Newspapers’ Weekly News 5@5, March 4, 2022. The lead stories from across the region in a brief audio/video format: Flooding and storms cause chaos, Beach contamination…
Storms cause major chaos on Coast – with more rain on the way
The Central Coast has waded its way through a week of torrential rain, with road closures causing major traffic holdups and transport cancellations and delays throwing residents and commuters into…
Torrential rain causes transport chaos
REPORT: Wednesday, March 2, 2022: The Central Coast region has been thrown into traffic and transport chaos today as a result of continuous heavy rainfall. Road closures at major intersections…
Freak storms wreak havoc
Severe storms wreaked havoc on the Central Coast on Tuesday, February 22, as roads and homes flooded and motorists were left stranded. Gosford SES Unit commander Rolf Garda said well…
Share your knowledge of local floods
NSW State Emergency Service (SES) is calling on those who live, work and visit the Central Coast and Hunter areas to share their awareness and knowledge of local flood risks…
Oyster growers call for support
Labor has called on the State Government to help struggling oyster growers on the Coast following the March floods that impacted the industry just days before the usually lucrative Easter…
Clean-up nets over 2,000 tonnes of wrack and debris
More than 220 tonnes of wrack and flood debris has been collected so far by Council workers from about four kilometres of foreshores since the storm floods in early March….
The Weekly News 5@5
Coast Community Weekly News’ 5@5, April 9, 2021 Coming up this week: Astra Zeneca vaccine temporarily suspended on the Central Coast and NSW, a wicked lagoon problem, beach pollution remains,…
1,000 tonnes of wrack and debris collected
Copacabana, Killcare and Umina beaches remain closed (as at Thursday) as Central Coast Council continues the mammoth clean-up following the severe storms of March 18-23. So far clean-up efforts have…
Homeshoolers join coastal clean-up
Homeschooled students around the Peninsula teamed up with Take 3 for the Sea on March 25 to remove over 1.96 tonnes of waste following the recent floods. Over 100 students…
Historic table returned to owners after impromptu river voyage
Fridges, pontoons, furniture, pumpkins and even a cow were some of the strange things which washed up on Central Coast beaches following huge storms which savaged the region from March…