Up to 400 NSW SES volunteers have been active overnight and into today responding to 1280 requests for assistance from the public. Today the NSW SES has attended a variety of requests for assistance ranging from trees on powerlines and driveways to property damage. The Wingecarribee SES Unit volunteers attended a wall collapse in Mittagong earlier today, rescuing a trapped man and undertaking shoring of the structure. The man was airlifted to hospital after the wall collapsed at an industrial complex on Cavendish Street. At Kiama High School, NSW SES attended in response to a tree in the playground with the potential to fall into the playground and onto electrical infrastructure. At Our Lady Star of the Sea School at Miranda, the NSW SES attended due to a large branch blocking classroom access. Roof damage has occurred at Narraweena Primary School after a skylight was damaged. The NSW SES will continue today to provide emergency temporary repairs to affected properties. If you have damage and require emergency assistance, call 132 500, or 000 if it is a life-threatening emergency. The Bureau of Meteorology has advised that winds will remain severe and potentially damaging in the Snowy Mountains and the South Coast tonight and into Thursday, but ease to below severe thresholds elsewhere. The latest warning is available here: bom.gov.au/nsw/warnings/ The NSW SES are providing windstorm updates via their website: ses.nsw.gov.au/news
Posted on: Wed, 25 Jun 2014 06:42:42 +0000
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