Destructive winds tear down power towers, trees and damage homes across Victoria
ABC"Life-threatening flash flooding" has been forecast for large parts of Victoria today as the state barely recovers from a hot, humid, and windy night that brought down transmission towers. Key points: Six power transmission towers collapsed in strong winds near Cressy overnight At least 300 calls were made to the SES and about 20,000 properties were affected by blackouts across the state East Gippsland will experience very high fire danger but receive little to no rain A cool change has swept through the west and central regions of the state including Melbourne. Extremely high power demand related to the heat and multiple generation outages caused problems for the energy network overnight, with more than 20,000 properties across the state affected by blackouts. Fire demolishes school building Amid the high fire risk across the state, the roof of a building at Sandringham Primary School in Melbourne collapsed after a large fire early this morning.
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Storms bring destructive winds and ignite wildfires across Australian state of Victoria
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