Thousands have been left without power across Tasmania as wild weather sweeps the state this morning.
An outage affecting over 1,200 customers across Opossum Bay, Sanford and South Arm was reported around 9am on Saturday, with other outages in Dunalley, Port Arthur and the Central Highlands reported shortly after.
TasNetworks have confirmed that crews are currently working to restore connections where it is safe to do so.
“Our crews are attending to patrol powerlines in these areas to locate the cause of the outage. We are unable to remotely restore power due to the current fire risk,” they said.
“We thank you for your patience as our crews work to restore power during this severe weather.”
The outages come as emergency services respond to a “high number” of fallen trees on roads across the state.
“Members of the public are advised to drive with caution and to reduce speed in applicable areas,” police said.
“Please report any instances of trees on the road to police by contacting the non-life threatening emergency number 131444 or 000 in an emergency circumstance.”
A severe weather warning for damaging wind gusts in excess of 120+km/h issued by the Bureau of Meteorology yesterday morning remains current.
A 139km/h wind gust was recorded at Maatsuyker Island at 3:34am on Sunday, with kunanui/Mount Wellington measuring a 133km/h gust 30 minutes later at 4:01am.
The Hartz Mountains saw a 126 km/h gust at 4:13am, while a 107km/h wind gust was measured at Scotts Peak at 4:38am.
