article_snippet.sent: The storm was forecast to form between Port Macquarie and Newcastle - that’s as about as accurate as they could have predicted.
article_snippet.sent: But it turned out to hit closer to Newcastle than Port Macquarie,' Climate specialist Don White from WeatherWatch Australia told Daily Mail Australia. '
article_snippet.sent: This one formed in the worst possible spot, which was just north of Newcastle.
article_snippet.sent: This one formed in the worst possible spot, which was just north of Newcastle then covered 150km south from Newcastle to Wollongong where a third of WeatherWatch Australia’s population live.
article_snippet.sent: ‘If it is to the north of Newcastle the max effect occurs all the way down to Wollongong, which is in the vicinity of the nation where most people live so it is to the north of Newcastle causes the most damage.
highlights_snippet.sent: Storm was forecast to gather between Port Macquarie and Newcastle, but Storm formed just north of Newcastle .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Storm then covered 150km south from Newcastle to Wollongong where a third of Australia’s population live .
  