Vic: Gusts up to 120km/h expected as wild weather returns

AAP General News (Australia)
08-25-2009
Vic: Gusts up to 120km/h expected as wild weather returns

Damaging winds .. gusting to 120 kilometres an hour in some areas .. will blast across
Victoria from this afternoon .. as a strong cold front and an intense low pressure system
loom west of the state.

A severe weather warning is in place for much of Victoria.

Winds are expected to ease slightly this morning .. giving emergency crews a chance
to consolidate after a busy day yesterday .. but the Bureau of Meteorology says conditions
will intensify later in the day as a strong cold front approaches.

The State Emergency Service says it took about 100 distress calls .. mainly from the
Melbourne metropolitan area .. in the 24 hours to midnight (AEST) today.



The severe weather warning predicts sustained winds up to 60km/h .. and locally damaging
gusts up to 110km/h in the Wimmera, western and alpine forecast districts .. and in parts
of the north central, northern country, Mallee, central, northeast and Gippsland regions.

Elevated areas may have gusts up to 120km/h.

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KEYWORD: WIND (MELBOURNE)

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