Two men lucky to escape unharmed as fallen trees cause havoc during wild weather
A man has been taken to hospital after a tree crushed his caravan as wild weather lashed parts of Victoria and Tasmania.
Paramedics were called to the South Gippsland Highway about 2pm to find the man trapped in the caravan.
He was quickly freed and was taken to Dandenong hospital with a wrist injury.
On Monday another man was left terrified after a tree ploughed through his windscreen while driving along a highway in Tasmania.
Chris Dare was driving near Nelson Falls on the Lyell Highway when the tree smashed through his car.
He shared the photos to Facebook where he said he was relieved he had only been driving 40kph.
Wind gusts of up to 100km per hour hit Melbourne on Tuesday, causing damage to homes, uprooting trees and triggering wild seas.
As of 4pm the State Emergency Service had received more than 700 calls for assistance, mostly for help with fallen trees.
The Bureau of Meteorology issued a severe weather warning for parts of Victoria, as damaging winds hit the north-east, south-east, central, west, South Gippsland and East Gippsland districts.
South Victoria and Melbourne city were hit with strong winds of up to 100km/h.
Since midnight Monday the SES has been out in full force helping those who have suffered storm damage.
At least 36,000 homes have been left without power across the state.
The winds were powerful enough to wedge a trampoline into a bridge garage.
Melbourne’s worst hit suburbs were reportedly Ringwood and Narre Warren.
Photos showed a yacht that had broken its mooring and washed up on a beach in Mornington.
The wild weather is expected to continue on Wednesday, with seas expected to exceed seven metres on the Tasmanian west coast.
Isabelle Gillet said her mum woke up on Tuesday morning and went to hang out her washing when she found a trampoline had blown over into her yard.
The highest recorded wind so far was 113km/h at Mount Buller on Tuesday.
Aireys Inlet, southeast of Geelong, was hit with wind speeds of 96km/h.
VicRoads has warned drivers to take care on the roads after reports of fallen trees and dust clouds reducing visibility.
