In short:
Severe weather warnings have eased across south-east Australia as a cold front makes it way off-coast to the Tasman Sea.
State Emergency Services across affected areas say there are still fallen trees, branches and debris to clean up on Sunday.
What’s next?
Minor flood warnings remain in place today in Tasmania and Victoria as wet weather works its way through the river network.
The clean-up continues today in the aftermath of severe weather warnings across parts of south-east Australia over the weekend.
On Saturday, a cold front caused rain, snow and damaging winds across South Australia, New South Wales and Victoria, leading to downed trees and powerlines.
Senior meteorologist Angus Hines from the Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) said the cold front had already passed, “pulling the severe weather away with it”.
“It’s now sitting east of NSW and the Tasman Sea and moving further east away from the country,” he said.
Mr Hines told ABC News affected areas could still expect a breezy day that continues to ease through the afternoon and evening.
“So, generally through the course of Sunday, we’re going to see a little bit of an easing trend or relaxation to the severe conditions across south-eastern Australia.”
Severe weather warnings have been cancelled nationwide, however, Mr Hines said a handful of minor flood warnings were in place in Victoria and Tasmania.
“Now the rain has stopped across those catchment areas for those rivers, but the wet weather from the past few days is still working its way down through the river network,” he said.
“We could still see some minor flooding around some of those rivers.”
Power outages, debris still of concern
The NSW State Emergency Service (SES) said the threat was reduced this morning after issuing a warning for damaging winds due to a westerly flow.
It advised people to stay clear from branches or large debris that may be on roofs of balconies due to potential structural damage, and to stay clear of fallen power lines, trees and damaged buildings.
Coordinator of Duty Operations Jason Simms said NSW SES had seen 1,100 incidents in the past 24 hours mainly from fallen trees and branches.
“Our crews have been out assisting the community with those sort of jobs … on roads and also damaged property, people’s houses and so on.”
Some areas of Sydney had also reported power outages, he said, while Ausgrid said 1,639 sites were affected by unplanned outages across the country.
In Tasmania, BOM had previously issued strong wind warnings for several coastal and island area, with flood watches or warnings on two river systems.
Showers are forecast to develop about the west of Tasmania during the morning and extending to the north around the middle of the day.
In other parts of the state, the weather will be stable until isolated showers develop in the afternoon.
As of this morning, there have been two power outages in Tasmania affecting about 70 TasNetworks customers.
Meanwhile, South Australia’s SES only received a dozen calls for assistance overnight on Saturday, and has reduced resourcing back to normal levels.
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