Residents along the east coast have seen the first major storm system of the season with the Hunter and Central Coast hardest hit.
At least five people are dead after an 8.3 magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Chile, also generating large waves.
An ambulance transporting a patient from Singleton to Newcastle has been hit with a rock, believed to have been thrown from a freeway overpass.
And in a blow for the Roosters, Mitchell Pearce has been ruled out of tomorrow’s clash with the Bulldogs at Allianz Stadium.
