SYDNEY, 2nd September, 2024 (WAM) -- A woman has died and more than 120,000 were left without power after high winds and heavy rain hit southern Australia, Reuters quoted authorities as saying Monday.
There was widespread damage in the states of Victoria and Tasmania, while a 63-year-old woman was killed after a tree fell on a cabin at a holiday park on the border between Victoria and New South Wales, emergency services said.
Victoria's State Emergency Services received over 2,800 call outs overnight, mostly for fallen trees and building damage, Victoria Premier Jacinta Allan told a news conference.
Weather warnings remain in place for much of the state's south east coast, as winds of almost 150 km per hour (93 mph) lashed the state overnight.
The storms across the south of the country follow days of unseasonably high winter temperatures of almost 30 degrees Celsius (86 degrees Fahrenheit) in New South Wales' capital Sydney.