{"id":75422,"date":"2026-08-19T06:03:14","date_gmt":"2026-08-19T06:03:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/75422\/"},"modified":"2026-08-19T06:03:14","modified_gmt":"2026-08-19T06:03:14","slug":"weather-damaging-wind-warning-issued-for-much-of-victoria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/75422\/","title":{"rendered":"Weather: Damaging wind warning issued for much of Victoria"},"content":{"rendered":"

Damaging winds are hitting most people in Victoria as storms roll over the state on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

The Bureau of Meteorology has issued damaging wind warnings for the central, north central, northeast and western parts of the state as well as south and east Gippsland.<\/p>\n

\u201cA strong northerly flow is forecast to develop this morning ahead of a trough crossing Victoria, bringing strong winds over central and eastern parts of the state,\u201d the warning says.<\/p>\n

\u201cWinds will then tend north-westerly and ease during the afternoon in the wake of the trough.\u201d<\/p>\n

Winds averaging 60 to 70km\/h are in the offing, with gusts up to 90km\/h, extending into Melbourne and parts of the Mornington and Bellarine peninsulas.<\/p>\n

The strongest recorded winds so far have been 94km\/h at Mt Hotham, which has also recorded sustained 67km\/h winds on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

The bureau warns that people should avoid travel if possible and tie down unsecured objects around the outside of their homes.<\/p>\n

Around midday in Melbourne the sun was totally drowned out by heavy clouds, as rain fell heavily, coming in on a 45 degree angle on the strong winds. Bendigo has recorded 14.6mm of rain in the three hours to midday.<\/p>\n

Isolated and short-lived thunderstorms have been seen on Wednesday morning across a large area of western Victoria.<\/p>\n

The strong high pressure ridge is bringing showers and isolated storms to South Australia, western NSW and Tasmania as well.<\/p>\n

In northern parts, Darwin and the Adelaide River regions are on fire alert on Wednesday, with warm, dry and gusty conditions prompting a pre-emptive warning for residents to be prepared with their bushfire survival plans.<\/p>\n

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