Tuesday, 10 September 2024

Severe weather event

Daniela DE MARTINO (Monbulk) (13:07): Over the course of the past two weeks Victoria has seen more significant wind events and parts of the Dandenong Ranges were severely hit by high gusts several times. Many of us in the hills lost a lot of sleep over the worst of those nights, and Emerald SES received more than 480 calls over the 12-day period of severe winds. To all our emergency services volunteers, who worked tirelessly over the past fortnight, including Father’s Day, I know I speak for everyone across the hills when I say thank you for keeping our roads safe and our damaged properties secure. To the lineys from AusNet, who repaired the lines around the clock as quickly as conditions would allow, sincerest thanks too.