Heavy rains have brought flooding to parts of Tasmania, with roads flooded, electricity cut and dozens of call-outs for emergency crews.
Heavy rains have brought flooding to parts of Tasmania, with roads flooded and emergency crews kept busy — but weather forecasters say the worst has passed.Roads have been closed and electricity cut due to downed powerlinesThousands of people were without electricity on Sunday morning, with Tasmania's electricity utility TasNetworks reporting outages in Eaglehawk Neck, Highcroft, Koonya, Nubeena, Port Arthur, Premaydena, White Beach and surrounds "believed to be weather related".
He said the calls starting coming from the northern suburbs and Greater Hobart area, but "as the system is moving south, crews are now active in the Huonville and Franklin areas."The SES will hold a press conference at 1pm today to update the situation.The Bureau of Meteorology's Deb Tabor said "certainly, the worst of it has happened".
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