In Melbourne wind gusts over 80kmh hit overnight and knocked down tree branches across the city
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The unusually warm and windy weather sweeping across New South Wales has triggered high fire danger ratings, while damaging wind gusts in Victoria shook windows and roofs overnight and were forecast to continue.
Sydney’s temperatures have shot “way up above the averages for August”, senior BOM meteorologist Angus Hines said. The city’s average August temperature is 17.9C.
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