Some Victorians face a long wait to have their power restored and tens of thousands remain without electricity following wild winds.
A woman was killed by a falling tree near the Victorian border and entire towns have been blacked out after wild weather – including hail and winds up to 146km/h – hit Victoria on Sunday and Monday.
Australia’s two jet streams – the subtropical jet and the polar jet – have combined over the south-east of the continent.
Strong winds also forced the cancellation of 90 flights to and from Sydney Airport,while authorities battled bushfires across the state.
The state will again be blasted by destructive winds,prompting warnings against travel overnight – but relief from squally conditions is in sight.
A freakishly hot end to winter has sent national climate records tumbling,sparked wildfires around NSW,and led to early closures and patchy snow at many ski resorts.
Melbourne’s winter was a lesson in extremes:darker,warmer and wetter. What can it tell us about our changing climate,and what summer might bring?
A rainy August and a typical start-of-spring forecast cannot turn the clock back on 50 years of continuous drying,meteorologists say.
Residents had been told to seek shelter as firefighters water bombed the out-of-control blaze near Liverpool.
Authorities are warning Victorians to secure loose items and park their cars away from trees as destructive winds are forecast for the state from midnight on Tuesday.
If your plane had a one-in-four chance of falling from the sky,would you still get on the flight? That’s the question property owners are being asked.