Wild weather causes more than a thousand calls for help in Victoria

ABC NEWS (Australia)

Wild winds have lashed parts of Victoria bringing down trees and causing large-scale power outages. Gusts of more than 100 kilometres an hour were recorded in some areas, and the state emergency service received more than a thousand calls for help.

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00:00Rubes ripped apart, trees uprooted and a crane sent swinging as damaging winds tore through Victoria.

00:12It was strong, it was very very strong and scary. My wife just couldn't sleep.

00:17St Kilda and Point Cook, Warrnambool and Wilsons Promontory were hit with gusts between 90 and 120 kilometres an hour.

00:27We had several trees on cars, two very early yesterday afternoon with people in them.

00:33We also had a person trapped under a tree at one stage earlier in the day as well, but all good news they all got off to hospital okay.

00:41State emergency service crews worked through the night, mostly to clear down trees.

00:47Receiving more than 1,400 calls for help by the morning.

00:51About 20,000 households and businesses lost power, the majority back online by midday.

00:57Roads closed in Doncaster and Melbourne's east after a sheet of metal on an apartment rooftop threatened to fall.

01:04There is a risk that the sheet could come loose from the building and fall onto the roadways.

01:08The Antarctic blast brought a blanket of snow up to 40 centimetres to alpine regions in Victoria and New South Wales.

01:16Normally it's just little bits of flurries, so yeah, this is actually quite substantial.

01:21A welcome surprise for some.

01:23Has the little one seen snow before?

01:25No, this is his first time, so yeah, he's stoked.

01:28For others it just feels...

01:30Bloody cold.

01:32The wild and stormy conditions in Victoria have eased, but authorities are warning people to stay on alert.

01:39Falling trees and branches still pose a threat.

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