Storms lead to flood evacuation warnings and thousands left without power in Tasmania as trees down and homes damaged across Melbourne
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Residents in New South Wales are hunkering down as a severe weather system bringing damaging winds bears down on the state’s south-east, after a wild night brought strong winds and flooding to Tasmania and Victoria.
A series of destructive cold fronts have slammed the nation’s south-east. In Tasmania thousands of homes lost power and some residents have prepared to evacuate amid rising flood waters.
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