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Storm damage: assistance available
Many homes were damaged during the severe thunderstorm that hit towns along the Murray Valley on 22 March.
Help is available if your home has been damaged or if you are unable to return home.
You’ll find advice on this page to help if you or someone you know or [...]
Effective Date: 22/03/13 11:00 AM
Expiry Date: 22/03/13 5:00 PM
Local Information Bureau of Meteorology advise that Severe thunderstorms are no longer occurring in Victoria.
The immediate threat of severe thunderstorms in the Murray Valley area has passed, but the situation will continue to be monitored and further warnings will be issued [...]
Ambulance Victoria paramedics responded to dozens of calls for help following a severe storm that hit Yarrawonga and Mulwala last night, including four flown to Melbourne by air ambulance.
Manager of Emergency Management, Jon Byrne said that paramedics treated and transported 20 of those to hospital including two in a critical condition.
‘With an [...]
To honour firefighters who have passed away, the Melbourne Metropolitan Fire Brigade has a tradition of naming new appliances after them.
MFB’s award-winning Breathing Apparatus and Hazmat appliances were recently commissioned and this weekend will be officially named after the late Station Officer Rob Kelly and Station Officer Robert “Bob” Short due to their [...]
A precarious rescue was conducted last night after a man fell from the Batman Avenue bridge.
Crews were called to the scene on Flinders Street at 9.45pm.
They discovered a 25-year-old man had fallen from the bridge, landing on a small ledge two-metres below, and breaking his fall to the railway tracks and power lines [...]
Ambulance Victoria warns people need to take care of themselves and neighbours with the mercury to remain in the high 20s for most of tonight.
The record run of days above 30-degrees is being made worse by higher overnight temperatures over the last few days.
Operations Manager Paul Holman said a heatwave in the [...]
A teenager has suffered life threatening injuries after a crash in Drysdale last night.
It is believed the car was travelling west along Murradoc Road when it lost control, veered off the road and crashed into some fencing before veering back onto the road just after 10.30pm.
The female driver was ejected from the vehicle.
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Ambulance Victoria is urging people to take care of themselves this long weekend as temperatures continue to rise with no relief at night.
Justin Dunlop, Manager Emergency Management said ‘as a community we need to look after the very young and elderly’.
‘‘It’s been very hot over the past few days and it’s only going [...]
Emergency services are reminding people that the risk of fires will continue in March.
Hot and dry weather conditions are forecast for the long weekend and next week.
Fire Services Commissioner Craig Lapsely said while there has been some rain in parts of the state, grasslands have dried out again quickly and the fire risk remains.
“As [...]
The Department is investigating a four-fold increase in Cryptosporidium notifications since January 2013.
Many cases are reporting exposure to swimming pools in their incubation periods, and other settings representing a risk for onwards transmission are households and childcare facilities.
Whilst all people are susceptible to becoming infected, certain groups are more likely to become [...]
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