AAP General News (Australia)
04-03-2008
Vic/Tas: Massive clean-up after storms in Victoria, Tasmania
A massive clean-up is underway in Victoria and Tasmania after violent storms wreaked
havoc in Melbourne .. Hobart and regional areas.
Power companies in Victoria are bringing in reinforcements from as far away as Queensland
.. to restore electricity to tens of thousands of homes in storm-ravaged Melbourne.
And the Victorian government is making grants of about one thousand dollars available
to households hit by hardship after yesterday's wild weather.
It's also been a nightmare for people trying to get to work in Melbourne .. with cancellations
and delays on train services expected to continue through the morning.
Power company Alinta says 21-thousand homes and businesses were still without electricity
this morning .. after power was cut to 170 thousand customers at the peak of the storm
yesterday.
And more than 14 thousand Tasmanians were without power this morning as emergency crews
cleaned up after hurricane force winds of more than 170 kilometres battered Hobart's eastern
shore.
Tasmania Police are now warning the Aboriginal Centre in North Hobart could collapse
following the wild winds.
AAP RTV sjm/ce/wz/bart
KEYWORD: WIND VIC/TAS
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