Victorian weather warning cancelled as risk of flash flooding and damaging winds eases
ABCA severe weather warning associated with a cold front sweeping Victoria has been cancelled, as the risk of damaging wind and flash flooding has eased. Key points: The Bureau of Meteorology said the risk of damaging winds had mostly passed by 5:00am Around 40 millimetres of rain had fallen in Melbourne's west by 8:00am The cold front is forecast to bring some decent rain to central and eastern Gippsland as it moves across the state The Bureau of Meteorology updated its advice shortly before 5:00am, as rainfall and winds fell below the warning threshold. Meteorologists had previously forecast wind gusts of up to 90 kilometres per hour in elevated areas and heavy rainfall in some parts of Melbourne as the cold front moved east. On Monday, Victorian BOM manager Diana Eadie said some local falls could be much heavier, and Melbourne's western and northern suburbs were likely to bear the brunt of wind gusts from about 3:00am.
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