About 500 homes remain without power in the north of NSW
following the extreme weather that lashed the state earlier
this week.
In a statement, Essential Energy said its crews restored
power to almost 3000 houses in northern NSW on Thursday,
leaving about 500 residents still without electricity.
It said about 23,000 people had lost their power supply
during the worst of the recent flood emergency in NSW.
It said power would remain off on Thursday night in the Tweed
hinterland at Numinbah, Round Mountain, Boat Harbour,
Murwillumbah, Ocean Shores, Upper Wilsons Creek, Federal,
Eureka, Booyong, and Goonengerry.
A spokesman for Essential Energy said the biggest problem for
crews trying to reconnect power was gaining access to many of
the areas hit by this week's floods.
More than 1000 NSW flood evacuees are expected to return to
their homes in the north of the state over the next few days,
while about 23,000 people remain isolated.
With weather conditions easing, the SES is focusing on
resupplying food and medicine to isolated communities, like
Yamba and Iluka at the mouth of the Clarence River.
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