Power cut in thunderstorm in Cootamundra, streets awash

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Updated April 15 2019 - 12:01pm, first published January 11 2019 - 3:30pm
Lesley Bennett gets a drenching as she makes her way to the hairdresser.
Lesley Bennett gets a drenching as she makes her way to the hairdresser.

A powerful thunderstorm and cloudburst hit Cootamundra at 1.50pm on Friday, cutting power to 4500 customers for half an hour.

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Tom Gosling

Journalist, Cootamundra Herald

I've had a long career in journalism and corporate communications, starting with country newspapers, radio and TV in northern NSW and including ABC News Sydney and the Melbourne Herald. I edited The University of Sydney News for 10 years, and was Media Officer for CSIRO in Canberra and BHP Steelworks in Port Kembla.

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