BY IAN CROUCH
Four people have been rescued after heavy rain caused flash flooding across Newcastle overnight.
A slow moving storm moved across the LGA late Wednesday afternoon dumping 55 millimetres of rain in just one hour at the Merewether Pump Station.
Adam Williams from the SES says they were called out to 138 jobs as water quickly overflowed drains in the city and nearby suburbs.
"The majority of these calls were for trees and branches down and leaking rooves. However NSW SES members to four flood rescues in the Merewether and Hamilton South area due to flash flooding caused by this rainfall. One person was rescued from a property due to waist-high water levels and another person was rescued from their car stuck in floodwaters by NSW Fire & Rescue," he said.
