Photographs show the NSW Labor premier Chris Minns meeting with State Emergency Chiefs in Maitland this afternoon at the Maitland city council building, Maitland. He and Hunter Labor MP’s met with SES commissioner Michael Wassing, and SES Superintendent of the Northern Zone, Andrew Cribb were briefed on the unfolding flood emergency on the mid North coast of NSW and the Hunter region, before delivering a joint press conference. Andrew Cribb talking.Photograph taken Thursday, 22nd May 2025. by Dean Sewell / The Sydney Morning Herald
In the Hunter, the bureau says major flooding is possible at Bulga tomorrow morning… with warnings for moderate flooding at Singleton, Wollombi and Maitland over the next 12 hours.
Parts of Paterson and Dungog are already underwater… as the Hunter braces for more rain and renewed river rises.
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