City of Newcastle\u00a0has implemented safety\u00a0precautions\u00a0ahead of\u00a0an east coast low\u00a0forecast to build today and tomorrow.
\nThe low-pressure system is expected to linger off the coast Tuesday and Wednesday with potential for\u00a0heavy\u00a0rain, strong winds and large waves which will\u00a0pose\u00a0risks\u00a0along\u00a0Newcastle\u2019s coastline.
\nSurf\u00a0and swell conditions are expected to be\u00a0hazardous\u00a0for\u00a0swimming, surfing and rock fishing for all beaches and both ocean baths starting Tuesday\u00a0until\u00a0Friday.
\nCity of Newcastle will prepare and monitor its coastal facilities and assets\u00a0along the\u00a0Newcastle\u00a0coastline\u00a0including areas in Stockton\u00a0which may be\u00a0impacted by coastal erosion.
\nBeach accessways in Stockton will be closed and current traffic controls in place at Barrie Crescent and Mitchell Street\u00a0will be reinforced.\u00a0Road closures at Barrie Crescent,\u00a0Mitchell Street,\u00a0Stone Street Corner and Griffiths Road may be implemented\u00a0depending on\u00a0weather\u00a0conditions.
\nThe City of Newcastle asks the community to follow all safety warnings, to abide by all road closures and to drive safely in the forecast extreme weather conditions.
\nCoastal erosion can change beach conditions dramatically and quickly. This can lead to sand cliff collapses without warning.
\nTo stay up to date on the weather warnings, please follow the Bureau of Meteorology www.bom.gov.au, and for emergencies, the State Emergency Service at\u00a0www.ses.nsw.gov.au\u00a0 or\u00a0phone 13 25 00.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
City of Newcastle\u00a0has implemented safety\u00a0precautions\u00a0ahead of\u00a0an east coast low\u00a0forecast to build today and tomorrow. The low-pressure system is expected to linger off the coast Tuesday and Wednesday with potential for\u00a0heavy\u00a0rain, strong winds and large waves which will\u00a0pose\u00a0risks\u00a0along\u00a0Newcastle\u2019s coastline. Surf\u00a0and swell conditions are expected to be\u00a0hazardous\u00a0for\u00a0swimming, surfing and rock fishing for all beaches and both ocean … Continue reading “Weather warning for Newcastle and Hunter”<\/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-7268","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\/7268","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=7268"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7268\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7268"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7268"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7268"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}