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Recovery efforts are underway across Wellington Shire following last week's destructive weather, as authorities keep one eye on this week's forecast.

Severe storms have downed trees and cut powerlines across the Greater Dandenong area overnight. Southerly and south-easterly winds gusting more […]

Authorities issued evacuation notices for parts of Traralgon on Thursday morning as the Traralgon Creek burst its banks and inundated homes. About 1.45pm, police found a man dead in Woodside near the Gippsland Lakes after they were notified that a car was submerged in flood waters. Victoria woke to scenes of chaos after wild winds and heavy rain swept through the state overnight. In Olinda, ambulance crews rescuing a woman and her son who had been trapped after a tree fell on their house about 11pm were themselves hampered by a falling tree, which struck a paramedic’s car and blocked the pa...

The Victorian State Emergency Service has had its busiest day ever, after wind took down trees and power lines and a man was found dead.

Advertisement Wild winds have brought down trees and power lines across Victoria, leaving thousands without power, people trapped inside their homes and some regional towns completely cut off. Police received hundreds of calls reporting fallen trees blocking roads overnight, particularly from residents near the Yarra Ranges. A tree blocks a road in Croydon. Credit:Nine News Melbourne “Trentham is totally isolated with no roads in or out,” Victoria Police spokeswoman Sergeant Julie-Anne Newman said told 3AW. “Ballarat, Trentham, Ballan, Gordon don’t have any power and Daylesford.” �...