More Than 16,000 Australians Without Power as Winter Storm Causes Chaos

More Than 16,000 Australians Without Power as Winter Storm Causes Chaos
The SES reminds the public to telephone 132 500 if they require SES assistance. Quinn Rooney/Getty Images
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More than 16,000 Australian households and businesses in the southern Australian state of Vicotria were without power on Wednesday morning after wild winds lashed the state overnight.

AusNet Services reported the most unplanned outages, with more than 15,000 as of about 9 a.m. The outages were most significant to the east of Melbourne and in the state’s far southeast.