Thousands evacuate as floods threaten homes

Nine people now confirmed dead...
Thousands ordered to evacuate in Hunter Valley...
Flood waters expected to peak tonight...
THOUSANDS of residents in the NSW Hunter region have been urged to abandon their homes ahead of a torrent of floodwater expected to hit the region tonight. The death toll from the three days of wild storms reached nine today as police found the body of 45-year-old Adamstown man, Wayne Bull, who was swept into a stormwater drain in the Newcastle suburb of Lambton after getting out of his car on Griffith Road on Friday night. At the peak of Friday's wild weather, five members of the same family were swept to their deaths when a section of the Old Pacific Highway collapsed under their vehicle and it was hit by a "wall of water'' at Somersby, near Gosford.
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As in the days of Noah....