A multi-agency search will resume tomorrow after a woman was swept away in floodwaters in the Hunter Valley region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Just after 7.50pm yesterday (Saturday 2 August 2025), emergency services were called to Black Creek, Old North Road, Rothbury, about 16km north of Cessnock, following reports a car had become stuck in floodwaters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Officers attached to Hunter Valley Police District were told a Mini Countryman had attempted to drive through the floodwater before it became stuck.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The driver \u2013 a 27-year-old woman \u2013 was rescued without any injuries; however, her passenger \u2013 a 26-year-old woman \u2013 was swept away.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A multi-agency search commenced for the woman including local police, NSW Rural Fire Service, and VRA Rescue NSW, and continued today (Sunday 3 August 2025).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
About 4.30pm, the search was suspended due to weather conditions and visibility.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The multi-agency search will resume about 8am tomorrow (Monday 4 August 2025), on Old North Road, Rothbury.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Members of the public in flood-affected areas are reminded to avoid dangers such as damaged powerlines and flood waters on roads.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
If you need assistance during floods and storms, call the NSW SES on 132 500, or Triple Zero (000) for life threatening emergencies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
A multi-agency search will resume tomorrow after a woman was swept away in floodwaters in the Hunter Valley region. Just after 7.50pm yesterday (Saturday 2 August 2025), emergency services were called to Black Creek, Old North Road, Rothbury, about 16km north of Cessnock, following reports a car had become stuck in floodwaters. Officers attached to … Continue reading “Search to resume for woman swept away in floodwaters – Cessnock”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-34058","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-newcastle"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34058","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34058"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34058\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34059,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34058\/revisions\/34059"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34058"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34058"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34058"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}