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Conditions easing for much of the nation while coldfront moves over Western Australia
Australian Community Media
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9/3/2024
Wind, flooding, and coastal hazards easing back after a wild few days around parts of south-east Australia.
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Hello from the Bureau with an update on the damaging winds, the major flooding and the
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coastal hazards that are affecting southeastern parts of the country.
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Now, overnight last night we had a very strong cold front that moved across the region and
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there were widespread wind gusts observed in excess of 90 km per hour, which is shown
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here by these red dots, with some isolated wind gusts in excess of 125 km per hour through
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central parts of Victoria and eastern parts with these pink dots.
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Now the front moved through the Melbourne area around 2am this morning and brought some
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really gusty showers and some locally destructive winds, including a 141 km per hour gust over
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Port Phillip Bay and St Kilda Sur a gust of 112 km per hour.
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Now although the locally destructive wind gusts have now eased, we're still observing
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wind gusts in excess of 90 km per hour, and for that reason there is a severe weather
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warning for these damaging winds in place that extends from the far southeastern parts
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of South Australia through Victoria up into the eastern parts of New South Wales, as far
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north as the Hunter.
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Now we're expecting the winds to gradually ease from the west and to be cancelled throughout
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South Australia later this afternoon, and gradually easing for all of the wind warnings
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to be cancelled by late tonight.
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Now winds of this strength however do have the potential to bring down trees, branches
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that may cause property damage and also causing power outages and hazardous driving conditions
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as well.
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So if you do need to be on the roads, please take care.
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Now we also have the Coastal Hazard Warning for damaging surf for western and central
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parts of Victoria that may lead to coastal erosion, and abnormally high tides are expected
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through Port Phillip Bay and Western Port during 3pm to 6pm that may lead to inundation
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of low-lying areas, and for Lakes Entrance their high tide may lead to inundation of
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low-lying areas between 6pm and 9pm this evening.
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But we are expecting these coastal hazards to ease overnight into tomorrow morning.
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So let's see the strong winds that are pushing across southeastern parts and easing, but
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in particular the showers across Tasmania are starting to become more isolated as we
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move into tonight and into tomorrow.
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Now this is significant because we do have minor to major flooding throughout large parts
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of Tasmania including the major flooding in the Upper Derwent.
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Now it is expected to peak this afternoon at 8.2m and that's record-breaking floods,
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so it's higher than the floods that they experienced back in 2016 and even 1980.
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So the fact that we're seeing the showers starting to ease is great news as the water
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starts to make its way downstream.
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So if you or anyone you know lives within these areas of southeastern parts of the country
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it's really important to stay up to date with the latest warnings via the Bureau's website,
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the app or social media, and as always listen to the advice from your local emergency services.
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Bye for now.
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