Bureau of Meteorology issues severe weather warnings for damaging winds to hit Victoria, Tasmania, and parts of NSW, South Australia and Western Australia
Victoria’s State Emergency Service has urged the community to prepare for winds of up to 100km/h from Tuesday into Wednesday.Victoria’s State Emergency Service has urged the community to prepare for winds of up to 100km/h from Tuesday into Wednesday.Tasmania and parts of Victoria have been warned to batten down the hatches and brace for power outages as one of winter’s most significant storm systems moves through.
Western, southern and eastern Tasmania could expect average winds of 60km/h to 70km/h, with peak gusts of up to 125km/h in parts of the east coast between Swansea and Orford until Tuesday night.Emergency service volunteers in Victoria had received 600 calls since Sunday afternoon, with hundreds of trees down across the state, the SES chief operations officer, Tim Wiebusch, said.
“It’s important for community members to act now and take steps to protect their lives and property ahead of the forecast adverse weather, and in turn reduce their likelihood of needing emergency assistance,” he said in a statement. “Have battery operated torches and radios in a place easy to access,” a spokesperson said in a statement.
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