One dead as storms hit Australia’s southeast

By AFP
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September 03, 2024
A policeman walks past the collapsed facade of a building in Melbourne as wild storms batter Australia. — AFP/File

MELBOURNE: One woman has died, schools have been shuttered and tens of thousands of people were without power on Monday, as wild storms lashed Australia.

Police said a 63-year-old woman died after a tree fell on a cabin in the country´s southeast. “Destructive” winds of more than 110-kms per hour are lashing the region, leaving about 150,000 people without power. Victorian state premier Jacinta Allan warned power outages could take up to three days to fix.

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