NSW Energy Minister pleads for help to avoid heatwave power blackout

By Peter Hannam, Megan Levy, Kate Aubusson
Updated March 14 2017 - 9:44am, first published February 10 2017 - 10:57pm
Bathers hit Coogee Beach early before scorching weather sets in over NSW. Photo: Peter Rae
Bathers hit Coogee Beach early before scorching weather sets in over NSW. Photo: Peter Rae
One way to stay cool during the heat. Photo: Scott Barbour
One way to stay cool during the heat. Photo: Scott Barbour
Bathers on Coogee Beach early on Friday before scorching weather sets in over NSW. Photo: Peter Rae
Bathers on Coogee Beach early on Friday before scorching weather sets in over NSW. Photo: Peter Rae
About 11,000 people were left without power on Friday afternoon in parts of the city's west. Photo: Peter Hannam
About 11,000 people were left without power on Friday afternoon in parts of the city's west. Photo: Peter Hannam
SMH News. An extreme hot weather spell starts to effect the east coast. Photo shows, Sunrise at Coogee as people make  the most before the city heats up. Photo by, Peter Rae. Friday 10 February, 2017 Photo: Peter Rae
SMH News. An extreme hot weather spell starts to effect the east coast. Photo shows, Sunrise at Coogee as people make the most before the city heats up. Photo by, Peter Rae. Friday 10 February, 2017 Photo: Peter Rae

NSW has weathered the first day of "an extraordinary heatwave" with only limited power outages, but faces another testing couple of days before cooler conditions arrive.

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