9:30pm - STORM RESPONSE UPDATE

Thank you for your continued support of our emergency crews and support agencies as we come together to respond to almost 900 calls for assistance.

Our crews, along with support from our NSW colleagues have been able to complete almost 400 call outs and will continue to work into the night. 

Evoenergy is working to restore power to the majority of households affected by midnight tonight.

It is expected approximately 200 households will remain without power due to the complexity of damage caused by the storm and Evoenergy is communicating directly with those affected and hope to have all power restored by 5pm Sunday.

A Community Support Hub at the Melba Copland College (97 Verbrugghen Street, Melba) will be open from 10am - 3pm tomorrow with facilities for food disposal, charging stations and bags of ice for those that continue to be without power. Further details will be provided in the morning.