Wild Weather in Australia with High winds and heavy rain struck the southern part of the country on Monday, killing one lady and leaving more than 120,000 without power, authorities said. There was significant damage in the states of Victoria and Tasmania, and a 63-year-old lady died after a tree fell on a cabin at a holiday park on the Victoria-New South Wales boundary, according to emergency services.

“It’s a sad and tragic set of circumstances for the woman’s family, and my thoughts and sympathy goes out to her and the emergency services who responded to that incident,” Victoria Premier Jacinta Allan said during a news conference.

Destructive cold fronts caused severe winds and wild weather in Australia overnight and were expected to sweep north to Sydney and coastal NSW on Monday. A source told Guardian Australia that at least 90 domestic flights planned to depart from Sydney Airport were cancelled on Monday due to high winds.

The source said Victoria’s State Emergency Services received over 2,800 calls overnight, largely for fallen trees and structural damage.

Over 25,000 people in Tasmania were left without power early Monday, and approximately 120,000 in Victoria by 11 a.m., when energy wholesalers reported disruptions. Rivers across Tasmania were at risk of flooding, with 20 flood warnings issued after areas of the state received rainfall of up to 60mm over the weekend.

The weather bureau predicted that the Derwent River would exceed the major flood level on Monday morning, inundating or isolating roads and homes. According to Allan, at least 121,000 people remained without power on Monday, down from 180,000 in the early morning due to the Wild Weather in Australia.

Winds of almost 150 km/h (93 mph) pounded the state overnight, prompting weather warnings for much of its southeast coast. On Monday, the Victoria state government advised residents to avoid coastal areas due to high waves, unstable terrain along cliffs, and floods in low-lying areas. The southern island state of Tasmania has also been battered by severe weather, leaving thousands without power on Sunday.

“We’ve seen another wild night of weather across the state with extensive destruction,” Mick Lowe, executive director of Tasmania’s State Emergency Services, said during a press conference on Monday. Many Australians are used to dealing with extreme Wild Weather in Australia. The storms in the country’s south come after days of exceptionally high winter temperatures of around 30 degrees Celsius (86 degrees Fahrenheit) in New South Wales’ capital, Sydney.

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