Power cuts plunged 4,000 households in the area into darkness, with locals sharing images of golf ball-sized hail stones which battered down on their homes.
Blue Mountains residents turn off NBN in storms or risk no connection for days
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Whenever a storm is forecast, Blue Mountains residents are quick to turn off their internet modems. If they re too slow, they risk losing their connection, and sometimes phone services, for days.
Since the NBN was installed in the middle of last year, the modem at the Hazelbrook General Practice has blown three times.
Residents in the lower Blue Mountains are forced to turn off their NBN modems in storms.
First published on Mon 14 Dec 2020 22.16 EST
Flood warnings have been issued for towns across northern New South Wales as heavy rains and abnormally high tides continue to batter a 500-kilometre stretch of coast from Taree to the border town of Tweed Heads.
The Bureau of Meteorology on Tuesday afternoon issued a number of minor and moderate flood warnings for rivers stretching from the state’s mid-north to far-north coasts, including at Murwillumbah, where residents were earlier subject to a flood evacuation notice.
Although conditions eased in some areas on Tuesday, the bureau said showers and thunderstorms would persist over the coming days and would “continue to bring the risk of flash flooding”.