Wild winds have downed trees across Victoria with emergency services fielding hundreds of calls for help. | carolineschelle
Wild winds have downed trees across Victoria with emergency services fielding hundreds of calls for help.
The State Emergency Service received 202 calls for help overnight and 164 were already cleared on Wednesday morning. SES workers removed fallen trees on roads in Melbourne on Tuesday night as wild winds lashed the city.The Bureau of Meteorology’s duty forecaster Phoebe de Wilt said there were “strong and gusty winds” across Melbourne overnight but they would be easing today.AdvertisementIn the metropolitan area, the top gusts of 89 km/h were recorded at Essendon Airport, with Moorabbin Airport recording 85 km/h overnight.Mt Hotham recorded the fastest winds overnight, with winds reaching up to 128 km/h.
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