Tasmanian authorities have warned that it could be several days before power is restored to some areas of the state following a weekend of severe weather.
At the height of the storm activity on Sunday night, around 47,000 properties were left without power, mainly in the north and north-west regions.
As of Monday afternoon, over 37,000 homes and businesses remained without electricity, with 21,000 outages in the north, 13,000 in the northwest and 1,033 in the south.
TasNetworks Fault Lead Ben Duffey said the north and north-west have been “severely impacted” by the weather.
“From an asset perspective, we’ve seen extensive damage to power lines, wires down, poles down and our crews are working tirelessly today to assess that damage and restore where we can,” Duffey said.
“We may see significant delays up to the next five days but we’ll be working as hard as we can to restore power where we can.”
“At the moment we have around 12 community centres available to those members of the community that are impacted.”
Meanwhile, Emergency Management Minister Felix Ellis says two road workers were seriously injured while repairing storm damage in the state’s north-west on Sunday night.
“I understand some of their injuries are quite severe, though not life-threatening,” Ellis said.
“It’s a good reminder for all of us just the important work that they do and the risk that people are taking so that they can help others in our community at the moment.”
