Cities Slammed hard as a severe storm is sweeping across southeast Australia.
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Pastor Dale Morgan
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Cities Slammed hard as a severe storm is sweeping across southeast Australia.
* From: AAP
* July 10, 2010 1:23PM
But Victorians are still being warned that the weather system could prove dangerous later today with winds gusting up to 100km/h.
The storm tore down trees, ripped roofs off houses and left at least 60,000 properties without power as it blew across South Australia overnight with winds reaching 120km/h.
Emergency services have responded to more than 600 calls for help since midnight as winds damaged property and roads became blocked, said Graeme Wynwood, a state duty officer for South Australia's State Emergency Service (SES).
"The weather here has started to ease off a little bit now," he said today.
"But overnight we had an initial crew of 100 SES volunteers."
About 450 of the 600 calls for help to the SES were in the Adelaide area, he said, with the rest scattered across the state.
By midday (CST), power had been restored to 80 per cent of customers who lost power during the peak of the storm, an ETSA Utilities spokesman said.
Winds began to hit Victoria's west from about 3am (AEST) this morning and have moved across the state throughout the day, with average wind speeds of 50km/h to 70km/h and gusts of up to 100km/h.
A severe weather warning remains in place in Victoria for damaging winds in the western, north central, Wimmera, alpine, west and south Gippsland and central areas, which includes Melbourne.
Bureau of Meteorology senior forecaster Scott Williams said the winds have softened from South Australia as they reach the Melbourne metropolitan area.
"There's a little bit of patchy rain. If anything there's been a little bit less that we thought at this point," he said of the storm.
The highest winds so far were at Mt William at the Grampians in the state's west with a 106km/h gust, he said.
Wind speed in Melbourne has topped 83km/h so far but winds are expected to peak later today.
"We could still see a surge in the winds this afternoon. We're certainly not out of danger," he said.
"We're expecting gusts of 100km/h."
The State Emergency Service (SES) warned people in bushfire-affected areas to take care as trees and branches weakened by fire could fall and drop limbs.
Drivers in rural or bushfire areas were also warned to watch out for falling trees and branches.
People planning to attend markets and sporting events were urged to properly secure any temporary structures and consider whether items were likely to withstand high winds.
Properties with temporary repairs following previous weather events such as the February hailstorm could be susceptible to further damage, the SES warned.
Cities Slammed hard as a severe storm is sweeping across southeast Australia.
* From: AAP
* July 10, 2010 1:23PM
But Victorians are still being warned that the weather system could prove dangerous later today with winds gusting up to 100km/h.
The storm tore down trees, ripped roofs off houses and left at least 60,000 properties without power as it blew across South Australia overnight with winds reaching 120km/h.
Emergency services have responded to more than 600 calls for help since midnight as winds damaged property and roads became blocked, said Graeme Wynwood, a state duty officer for South Australia's State Emergency Service (SES).
"The weather here has started to ease off a little bit now," he said today.
"But overnight we had an initial crew of 100 SES volunteers."
About 450 of the 600 calls for help to the SES were in the Adelaide area, he said, with the rest scattered across the state.
By midday (CST), power had been restored to 80 per cent of customers who lost power during the peak of the storm, an ETSA Utilities spokesman said.
Winds began to hit Victoria's west from about 3am (AEST) this morning and have moved across the state throughout the day, with average wind speeds of 50km/h to 70km/h and gusts of up to 100km/h.
A severe weather warning remains in place in Victoria for damaging winds in the western, north central, Wimmera, alpine, west and south Gippsland and central areas, which includes Melbourne.
Bureau of Meteorology senior forecaster Scott Williams said the winds have softened from South Australia as they reach the Melbourne metropolitan area.
"There's a little bit of patchy rain. If anything there's been a little bit less that we thought at this point," he said of the storm.
The highest winds so far were at Mt William at the Grampians in the state's west with a 106km/h gust, he said.
Wind speed in Melbourne has topped 83km/h so far but winds are expected to peak later today.
"We could still see a surge in the winds this afternoon. We're certainly not out of danger," he said.
"We're expecting gusts of 100km/h."
The State Emergency Service (SES) warned people in bushfire-affected areas to take care as trees and branches weakened by fire could fall and drop limbs.
Drivers in rural or bushfire areas were also warned to watch out for falling trees and branches.
People planning to attend markets and sporting events were urged to properly secure any temporary structures and consider whether items were likely to withstand high winds.
Properties with temporary repairs following previous weather events such as the February hailstorm could be susceptible to further damage, the SES warned.
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