Wind gusts well over 100km/h are battering Victoria, generating massive swells

WE suffered a wild ride with the weather today, amid fallen trees, high waters, power cuts; and transport, alpine and coastal areas all hit. But there’s another winter blast set to hit — just in time for Mother’s Day.

WE suffered a wild ride with the weather today, amid fallen trees, high waters, power cuts; and transport, alpine and coastal areas all hit. But there’s another winter blast set to hit — just in time for Mother’s Day.

And as winds eased into the night, Victorians were warned another wet and windy weather system is forming and will strike over the weekend. Earlier, Melbourne’s day of wild weather whipped through the day, with high waters even threatening flooding in the Southbank area, the Bureau of Meteorology says. Winds well over 100km/h were recorded in parts of Victoria as a strong cold front brought wild weather to the state. SCROLL DOWN FOR MORE DETAILS, PICS AND SOCIAL POSTS The Bureau of Meteorology a severe weather warning across the state. The peak wind gust was 122km/h at Wilsons Promontory at 3.40pm. The weather bureau’s Kevin Parkin expected Melbourne to face the full brunt of the gusty winds by 5pm. “We’ve had some pretty intense winds across Victoria and Melbourne already and the cold front is knocking on Melbourne’s door,” he said. He said relief would come around midnight. Mr Parkin said a severe weather warning for all southern and mountain districts will likely remain in place into the evening. “The good news is hopefully by midnight conditions will be starting to moderate significantly.” But he said another weather system bringing strong winds and rains would return over the weekend, particularly on Mother’s Day. “We will be watching this particular weather system very closely as we could see some significant rainfall totals on Sunday and Monday,” he said. Ambulance Victoria operations manager Paul Holman said two men were in hospital after being struck by falling tree branches this morning. Life Saving Victoria also rescued eight kayakers near Anglesea this morning. SCROLL DOWN FOR MORE DETAILS [e-mail]