Very large text size A severe storm has battered parts of Victoria, with rain, hail, and wind gusts blowing roofs off houses, smashing windows and leaving some homes uninhabitable and one woman injured. “This is looking like another quite windy system. Several homes were deemed uninhabitable and residents had to be relocated. Andrews urged those affected by the storm to still be wary of social distancing and personal hygiene. Victoria lashed by severe storms. Residents say it was like a mini torned -- dozens of homes have been damaged. Published: 20/05/2020Updated: 20 May 2020 7:26 am. Storms destroy homes in Victoria’s west . The Bureau of Meteorology says the severe storm was quite localised, but is not calling the event a tornado, despite media reports. “It is a very broad boiled water advisory but I hope it is not going to be in place for too long,” he said. The third fatality was a 36-year-old woman whose car was hit by a falling tree in Fernshaw just before 7pm. VIC News. Of those, four homes were deemed uninhabitable and the residents needed relocating. A home is left severely damaged after a storm in Geelong. The deaths came during a night of intense storms in Melbourne and large areas of southern Victoria late on Thursday afternoon. Another 20 to 30 homes have significant roof damage. The Victorian premier, Daniel Andrews, sent his sympathies to the affected families during his daily Covid-19 press conference. There was a part of the roof that was that far away from her head. Among the worst-hit areas were Lilydale and Belgrave, where a tree smashed through the home of an elderly woman. It is understood the boy’s father sustained minor injuries. We could see damaging winds once again, particularly in the southern part of Victoria during the day.”, Available for everyone, funded by readers.
“It has just come through on one straight line and just wiped out roofs on houses. Victoria’s chief health officer, Brett Sutton, said the affected reservoir was already back up and running. Reports on all three deaths will be compiled by police and delivered to the coroner. The hardest-hit areas were Waurn Ponds and Mt Duneed, west of Geelong, where the State Emergency Service received more than 150 calls for help. “Some water may have entered our drinking water supply network that had not been treated to the usual standard.”. But power outages and storm damage in the Yarra Valley area caused the contamination of water sources that supply 88 of Melbourne’s suburbs. As a precautionary measure, we’re advising residents bring water to a rolling boil before drinking, washing and preparing food, preparing baby formula, brushing teeth and making ice until further notice. A 59-year-old man from Tecoma was also crushed when a falling tree hit his car in Belgrave. © 2020 Guardian News & Media Limited or its affiliated companies. Intense storm devastates Geelong. Digital Staff. @7NewsMelbourne pic.twitter.com/kDjGPF8Xbm. “Before we knew it our house was shaking and we were seeing trees come down left right and centre. As soon as we noticed and heard all the commotion, we saw a tree fall down on to our elderly neighbour’s property … We rushed out to see what we could do. On Wednesday morning the severe damage was revealed. Residents say it was like a mini torned -- dozens of homes have been damaged. By Allison Worrall and Deborah Gough. Damaged power lines left 56,000 properties without power, with about 620 homes still experiencing outages on Friday morning. As of 11am Friday, the SES had completed 1,600 of these. The SES received 242 requests for help across the state. She was completely oblivious to what had happened …, “The tree crushed the middle of the house so she was stuck in the lower part of the house … We ended up getting a team of 10 people to help get her out. Her neighbour, Joshua O’Connell, rushed to rescue her. Horrendously unlucky. The tree that killed a 59yo man at Belgrave last night. A thunderstorm with lots of lightning that struck Melbourne last night. “When I’ve jumped in she was still sitting on the couch. “His one-and-a-half-year-old sister was out walking with them and it happened right in front of them.”. More than 95,000 properties suffered power outages. Updated May 2, 2016 — 7.53am first published May 1, 2016 — 7.23am. Households whose water is supplied by the Yarra Valley service – generally, homes in the north and south-east of the city – have been advised to bring water to a rolling boil before drinking, washing food, preparing baby formula, brushing teeth or making ice cubes. Credit: 7NEWS. More https://t.co/dFvtqpVTN9 2/2, “We’ve become aware of a potential water quality issue affecting 88 suburbs due to electrical damage caused by storms overnight,” a Yarra Water spokesperson posted on Twitter. He was taken to hospital but could not be saved and died on Thursday evening. The cold front packed a punch with lightning, rain and high winds. The Colac and Beechforest areas along the western coast of Victoria were the worst affected. Play Video. Wilsons Promontory, south of Melbourne, was hit with the worst winds, reaching up to 158km/h. Photos were sent to radio station 3AW by Waurn Ponds resident Ken. Melbourne Weather ‘Carnage everywhere’: Storm slams into Victoria’s west. “Obviously the Sylvan reservoir is back up in terms of its disinfection procedures, but there will be some water in the system that needs to move through.”. Play Video. Police said the woman was the passenger in a ute travelling along the Maroondah Highway. Digital staff. Victoria lashed by severe storms Credit: MMM’s Hot Breakfast.
Trees on homes, cars smashed, power lines down @TheTodayShow pic.twitter.com/uUuRgaOhh9. The state emergency service received more than 2,000 requests for assistance across the state, 85% of those relating to fallen trees. If you were anywhere near Melbourne last night, you could have been fooled into thinking it was the end of days playing out in the skies above your fair city. NSW premier admits 'close personal relationship' with disgraced former MP, Study to help koalas injured in bushfires, Former Bikie shot dead at Gold Coast home, Aussie tradie reveals impact of 100 day Zingerbox challenge, 'Effective immediately': Victoria's top public servant resigns. At least four homes are uninhabitable and up to 30 others have been damaged in severe storms which lashed western Victoria overnight. A full list of affected suburbs is available on its website, but this appears to have periodically crashed throughout Friday morning. “On behalf of all Victorians, our sincere condolences and best wishes to each of those families, and particularly the young gentleman who is still recovering from his injuries,” he said. Three people – one of them a four-year-old boy – were killed as 100km/h winds brought down trees around Melbourne on Thursday. Volunteers will now spend Wear Orange Wednesday, the day of thanks for the SES, assessing the damage. Melbourne Melbourne storm: three killed, including four-year-old boy, by falling trees The child was struck with a tree in Melbourne’s south-east as wild winds swept across city Storm clouds … Wild winds ripped through the city on Thursday evening, with Port Phillip Bay experiencing gusts up to 115km/h. The man was seriously injured and later died. “As we move into that time of year, we do see cold fronts at a reasonably regular interval. The weather system has since moved into the Tasman sea, but Arvier said Victoria could be in for another beating this weekend when a cold front moved across the state. Chris Arvier, duty forecaster for the Bureau of Meteorology, said wind rather than rain was “the main impact” of the storm.
NSW premier admits 'close personal relationship' with disgraced former MP, Study to help koalas injured in bushfires, Former Bikie shot dead at Gold Coast home, Aussie tradie reveals impact of 100 day Zingerbox challenge, 'Effective immediately': Victoria's top public servant resigns. For three hours on Tuesday night, residents in Victoria’s west copped a battering from extreme weather. More than 100 homes in Waurn Ponds and Mount Duneed in Geelong were significantly damaged, with four homes left uninhabitable.
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