Overview

• Victorian SES reported more than 1,000 requests for assistance overnight, mostly for fallen trees and building damage, with the south‑west and Melbourne bayside suburbs hardest hit.
• Thousands lost power across the state, with outages peaking around 20,000 and about 5,000 customers still affected by midday Saturday as utilities worked to restore service.
• Observed peak gusts confirmed the event's severity, including 128 km/h at Mt Hotham, 124 km/h at Mt Buller and 117 km/h at Wilsons Promontory, with 60–100 km/h across many lower‑lying areas.
• Heavy alpine snowfall and blizzard conditions continued, with around 40 cm reported at Dinner Plain and flurries to unusually low elevations near multiple capitals, including the Blue Mountains and Mount Macedon.
• Severe wind warnings remained for parts of Victoria, NSW and the ACT on Saturday with conditions forecast to ease through the day, after South Australia saw a briefly issued tornado warning and damage consistent with small tornadoes in Adelaide's north.