The Hunter has largely escaped the worst of the wild weather which caused havoc in Sydney, although local SES crews have been kept busy.
The Weather Bureau described an intense storm cell which passed through parts of the Upper and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens yesterday afternoon as dangerous.
Ausgrid restored power to about 1300 homes at Medowie yesterday morning, while wind gusts reached 80 kilometres per hour at Nobbys at 1.42 this morning.
Phil Campbell from the SES says crews were called out to dozens of jobs in Newcastle East and Port Stephens.
"We have had around 320 calls for emergency help in the Hunter area. Most of those have been relating to leaking rooves, but also with the strong winds that we've had overnight we have had reports of trees and branches down as well.", he said.
Meanwhile, the Hunter has had some welcome rainfall, especially in drought-affected areas.
The Singleton Army Base has recorded 52 millimetres since 9am yesterday, Muswellbrook had 45 and Scone 27 millimetres.
The highest rainfall was recorded at Seaham, which has had 76 millimetres.
The Weather Bureau is predicting a few showers today.
