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HEAVY rainfall over the weekend has caused rivers to rise and roads to close in the Upper Hunter Shire.
See river totals and photo gallery below
Glenbawn Road at the Pages river crossing and Cressfield Road at the Middlebrook crossing are currently closed in Scone.
Murrulla Street, Mount Street and Green Creek Road are closed in Murrurundi and Wallington Road in Parkville has also closed, due to the flooding of Kingdom Ponds.
Rainfall is expected to continue throughout the week, with afternoon showers predicted for tomorrow, Wednesday and Thursday.
Kingdom Ponds Totals
Scone: Recorded height of 1.23m at 5:45pm;
Pages River Totals
Blandford: Recorded 1.63m at 5:45pm;
Gundy: Recorded height of 1.194m at 5:45pm;
Moonan Brook Total
Moonan Brook: Recorded height of 0.6m at 6:00pm;
Hunter River Totals
Aberdeen: Recorded height of 3.329m at 5:45pm;
Moonan Dam: Recorded height of 1.16 at 6:00pm;
Merriwa River Total
Merriwa: Recorded height of 0.7m at 5:45pm;
Isis River Total
Lower Timor: Recorded height of 1.0m at 5:00pm.
Closed Roads
Scone:
Glenbawn Road, Pages river crossing;
Cressfield Road, Middlebrook crossing;
Murrurundi:
Murrulla Street;
Mount Street;
Green Creek Road;
Parkville:
Wallington Road – due to Kingdom Ponds flooding.
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- Kingdom Ponds comparison collage. Photo created by Shayne Hernando.
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- Kingdom Ponds this morning. Photo by Cheryl Eveleigh.
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- Middle Brook this afternoon. Photo by Christine Birmingham.
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- Kingdom Ponds this morning. Photo by Cheryl Eveleigh.
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- Dartbrook Road this morning. Photo by Talla Tee.
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- Kingdom Ponds this morning. Photo by Cheryl Eveleigh.
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- The Pages River this morning. Photo by Kat Endicott.