Tasmanians mop up after flooding as wild weather eases across state — as it happened

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Tasmanians mop up after flooding as wild weather eases across state — as it happened
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All emergency warnings in the state have been downgraded after rivers peaked and relatively calm weather held for today, with Tasmanians taking to counting the cost of the storms.

We're wrapping up our live coverage here but that doesn't mean we're stoppping. Keep an eye out for a new wrap-up shortly on the ABC News site of the Tas manians mopping up in the relatively calm weather today.He's taken it upon himself to chainsaw his way to the car after waiting all morning for council assistance.He says it's "pretty wet and pretty miserable" at the moment, with the worst being not know what comes next.

"The dry goods shed, the steel shed, has got a lot of packaging in there so we could have lost a lot of that."Ross says it's a "damn good team" that works on the property so he doesn't expect it to take too long to get the distillery cleaned up. He was asked what he thought of Premier Jeremy Rockliff's description of the need for the rescue as "stupidity".The SES say all the flooding emergency warnings have been withdrawn, but some minor flood warnings may stick around for several days.We've been bringing you posts about mop-ups today but let's take a moment to turn our attention back to the bushwalkers who were rescued on kunanyi/Mt Wellington.

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