On April 21, 2015 a ferocious East Coast Low lashed the Hunter region.
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With Sunday being the anniversary, we are taking a look back at the photographs of the April superstorm.
It was the most brutal attack on the Hunter in more than half a century, and a year after the April super storm lashed the region many of its survivors are still picking up the pieces.
It took less than 24 hours for the 135 kilometre winds and record torrential rainfall to leave a trail of destruction worth more than $800 million.
Tens of thousands of trees fell, more than 450 roads were closed during the storm and over 23 bridges on those roads were damaged.
There was $30 million worth of damage to council roads and $10 million to state roads, government figures show.
Entire lives were left strewn across the landscape with debris and more than 115,000 animals that perished.
More than 170 people had to be swept to safety by emergency services and tragically four people lost their lives.
The NSW State Emergency Service had to bring in resources from across the country after it received close to 22,000 calls for help. It was the largest response in the organisation's 60-year history.
Fallen power lines across the region left 370,000 homes, businesses and hospitals in the dark and telecommunications were initially scarce, with more than 100,000 landlines out of action and over 24,000 complaints about a range of mobile and internet services.
Do you remember what you were doing when the April superstorm of 2015 hit Maitland and the Hunter?