Almost 40,000 homes remain without power and emergency services say they still don’t know the full scale of destruction from Wednesday’s wild weather after phone and internet outages left people unable to call for help.
“We’ve got no new requests for assistance right now, however, the caveat on that is that there’s been no power and no telephones in some circumstances,” Mr Cattell said.
He said current estimates from power companies were that all customers would not be back connected to power before June 18, due to the number of power poles and transformers damaged.Ferny Creek in the Dandenong Ranges dropped to a low of 7.3 degrees overnight on Sunday, while the Latrobe Valley experienced minimum temperatures of 10.5 degrees, with a feels-like temperature of 5 degrees.
He said Red Cross volunteers were doorknocking in those areas and community meetings were being held to try and aid the flow of information where telecommunications were cut. The Bureau of Meteorology has reported there is potential for a further east coast low to develop late next week and cause more heavy rainfall in Victorian localities already affected by flooding.
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