Parts of the nation are bracing for more destructive storms as several strong cold fronts barrel across southern Australia.
The Bureau of Meteorology has issued severe weather warnings for southwest Western Australia, Tasmania and parts of southern Victoria, with strong, damaging winds expected to develop overnight and escalate on Tuesday and into Tuesday night in the southeast.
The warning areas are expected to extend into southeast South Australia and southeast NSW on Tuesday.
Bureau senior meteorologist Miriam Bradbury said people should stay up-to-date with warnings, particularly in Tasmania, with flood watches for the Tamar, Derwent, Huon, Forth and Mersey rivers, and parts of the northwest coast.
"Through parts of Tasmania, we may see destructive wind gusts up to 125km/h about elevated parts of the state and the long parts of the east coast," Ms Bradbury said.
Winds are expected to ease slightly on Tuesday afternoon before ramping up again overnight on Tuesday.
Tasmanians are urged to prepare and stay up to date with emergency warnings.
“Although winds may ease at times, we encourage the community to remain vigilant, as the wind and developing rain conditions will likely continue throughout this week," Tasmania SES acting assistant director Cheryl Ames said
"The combination of high soil moisture and damaging to destructive wind speeds increases the chances of trees being brought down."
The warnings came after Sunday night storms left more than 15,000 without power in Victoria, with Country Fire Authority volunteers responding to some 500 calls for assistance, including 285 trees down.
Ms Bradbury said further outages could be expected.
"Damaging winds can easily bring down trees or tree branches, potentially leading to property damage or damage to power lines," she said.
"Additionally, dangerous driving conditions are likely as winds throw debris across the roads and potentially generate dangerous crosswinds."
The storms are expected to bring isolated thunderstorms and patchy showers, with the heaviest falls in Tasmania.
"Through Tasmania ... we're likely to see heavier falls, particularly across western and northern parts of the state," Ms Bradbury said, adding rainfalls of up to 300mm were forecast across the next seven days.
