The energy company AEMO has announced that the damage is serious and that some customers may not wait to resume electricity supply over the weekend, even at the beginning of next week.
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The windstorm came at a time when many people in Melbourne were preparing to leave the city. At the weekend, people can start traveling freely within the state of Victoria after long months of coronavirus closures.
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Some 125,000 households have also lost their internet connection, affecting thousands of people still working from home.
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Part of the railway traffic was canceled and several vaccination centers had to be closed.
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According to meteorologist Christie Johnson, several places have seen the strongest wind speeds in decades or more. Among them was the Australian Ben Nevis mountain range, where the wind reached a speed of 117 kilometers per hour.
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In the Bass Strait between Victoria and Tasmania, gusts of wind reached 165 kilometers per hour.
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