Victoria expected to face wind gusts of up to 150km per hour overnight

Victoria is bracing for its strongest cold front of the season with damaging winds gusting up to 150 kilometres an hour expected to hit overnight.

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00:00We are starting to see some slight increases to the winds across the area and with that

00:07is coming an increase in requests for assistance. We are still expecting those winds to increase

00:12throughout the evening and into the hours of tomorrow morning. So there is a warning

00:18out at the moment currently for severe winds as well as damaging waves as well as high

00:30tides. So certainly time for Victorians to be taking the opportunity to prepare for this

00:38event, ensuring that any loose items are secured and that cars are parked in shelter.

00:46It sounds pretty scary when the Bureau is talking about winds up to 150kmh. I think

00:52that has come back now to 130. That is only in the highest areas, isn't it? How serious

00:59could this get tonight? We are expecting potential for winds in the 60-80km range

01:07with gusts of up to 100kmh across the state. Those higher totals that you have been mentioning

01:14in the order of the 130km are likely to be limited to the alpine areas,

01:20though just sustained winds in that 50-60-70kmh range certainly is a larger wind event than we

01:29have seen for some time in Victoria. You have already mentioned this briefly,

01:34but what are you urging people to do ahead of this? Absolutely. Certainly take the time to

01:41secure any items around your property, but also consider the travel that you may be doing

01:48both throughout the evening and into tomorrow morning, ensuring to avoid unnecessary travel

01:55during those peak periods of wind, so the late hours of tonight into the early hours of tomorrow

02:03morning. For people that are needing to undertake travel tomorrow morning, please do check in

02:09with any of the road networks or any warnings that may be current for your area to ensure

02:15that the routes that you're taking are safe to travel.