Tasmanian police, Bureau of Meteorology and SES have been issuing warnings about the severe weather event since last week, Insp Darren Latham says
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Tasmanian premier Jeremy Rockcliff said it was “ridiculous” and “stupid” that a group of hikers had to be rescued from kunanyi/Mt Wellington on Monday afternoon amid a temperature that felt like -21.6C
A group of 13 hikers stuck on a hard-to-reach section of the mountain called emergency services at 4.15pm on Monday. The group set out on a day hike, having brought mobile phones but minimal food and water, and no equipment to spend the night in case of an emergency.
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