Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  I matapaehia he hau kino, he whetū, he whatitiri kaha ka pa ki te hauauru o Hītini, tae atu ki nga rohe o Hunter, Illawarra me Central Tablelands i te ahiahi o te Taite. I kii te Tari Meteorology he kaha te tupuhi i uru atu ki Springwood, Bilpin me te Yengo National Park i nga Maunga Blue i te ahiahi o te Taite i mua i te haerenga ki te raki. Ko nga whakaahua i runga i nga papaho pāpori e whakaatu ana i nga ua nui e ua ana ki nga kainoho i nga Maunga Blue, i whakaahuatia e te rohe o Shannon King i runga i a Twitter hei 'pepa hukapapa'. Ko ngā whakaahua i runga i te pāpāho pāpori e whakaatu ana i ngā kainoho o Blue Mountains e mau ana i ngā toka hukarere nui i muri i te tupuhi kaha. I whakairihia e Jacki Allen tēnei whakaahua o ētahi kohatu hukapapa nui i kitea i Faulconbridge. 'Kei a au ētahi kohao iti i roto i taku waka engari he pai ngā kararehe,' i kī a Ms King. I pūrongotia he hukarere nui i Faulconbridge i ngā maunga o raro o Blue Mountains i te 7pm. I kii te kainoho o Faulconbridge a Andrew Ballard i runga i a Twitter ko te hukarere he 'rua te rahi o nga poipoi korowha,' e kii ana a ABC. I whakatupatohia e te Tari i mua ake nei, ko te hukarere, ko nga hau kaha me te ua nui ka arahi ki te waipuke ohorere. I kii te Tari Meteorology he awangawanga nui i pa ki Springwood, Bilpin me te Yengo National Park i nga Maunga Blue. Ka tae mai ngā tupuhi i muri i te pānga o te rangi kino ki te hauauru me te tonga o Hītini i te ahiahi o te Wenerei. Neke atu i te 20,000 ngā kāinga i ngaro i te hiko i te wā i heke mai ai te ua nui, te hau kino me te uira i muri i te 7pm. I akina te whānau Bringelly ki te whakarere i to rātau kāinga i te wa i hinga ai te tuanui, i te wa i pupuhi ai tētahi atu wāhanga o te tuanui ki runga i ngā rori tereina i Maunga Druitt. Ko Amy Margaret Thorpe, he kainoho o Faulconbridge, i tuku i tēnei pikitia i muri i te tupuhi o te pō o te Rāhoroi. Ko Faulconbridge, kei raro i ngā maunga Blue, te wāhi i tino pāngia e te tupuhi.
I pāngia te rohe e ngā hau kino, ngā hukarere me ngā whatitiri i te Rāhoroi. Ko ngā whakaahua i runga i ngā pāpāho pāpori e whakaatu ana i te ua nui o te hukarere ki runga i ngā kainoho. He tupuhi kaha i horapa atu ki ngā maunga Blue i mua i tana haerenga ki te raki.