Overview

• Victorian emergency crews logged more than 800 requests for assistance since Friday morning, with thousands of customers without power early Saturday after winds topped 100 km/h in parts of the state.
• The Bureau of Meteorology maintains severe weather alerts across South Australia, Victoria and New South Wales for damaging to locally destructive gusts, commonly 100–115 km/h with isolated peaks near 130 km/h.
• A brief tornado warning for Adelaide’s northern suburbs and the Adelaide Hills was issued then cancelled after the immediate threat passed.
• Antarctic-sourced air is pushing snow to unusually low levels, with flakes likely within about 35 kilometres of several capitals and widespread falls across elevated regions.
• Blizzard warnings are in effect for alpine areas, where another 40 cm of snow is forecast and storm totals on higher slopes could approach 1 metre, while gale warnings cover large stretches of coastal waters.