Severe thunderstorms with wild winds brought trees down and caused damage in Mullion Creek and up towards Stuart Town on Thursday afternoon.
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Orange and the immediate surrounds were spared serious damage, with the State Emergency Service receiving no calls in the vicinity of the city despite storms and gold-ball sized hailstones falling in Lucknow.
SES Orange controller Kim Stevens said there were a significant number of trees down across roads towards Stuart Town, with emergency crews “leapfrogging” each other to the clear the way.
“We nearly had a chainsaw in one hand a steering wheel in the other,” he said.
One house in Mullion Creek had part of its roof and verandah blown off in the storm, which hit at about 4.30pm on Thursday, but no-one was injured.
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Max Stainkamph
Max joined the CWD in September 2017, leaving the big smoke of Melbourne to come to Orange, where he stayed until 2020.
Max joined the CWD in September 2017, leaving the big smoke of Melbourne to come to Orange, where he stayed until 2020.
