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Muggy night hotter than Melbourne's monthly average top temperature
Melburnians endure a night hotter than the maximum average temperature for February – but relief is in sight.
- by Joe Hinchliffe
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Wild winds lash Victoria, leaving a trail of damage and thousands without power
Powerful winds battered Melbourne suburbs on Monday night, causing a cruise ship to get wedged up against a pier and dozens of trees to fall.
- by Daniella Miletic & Melissa Cunningham
Wild winds batter state, dozens of calls for help
Wild winds have battered Victoria with a cruise ship wedged up against a pier, trees down and dozens of calls for help.
- by Caroline Schelle & Melissa Cunningham
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Melbourne weather: Wild winds of up to 100km/h batter state
Severe wind gusts are wreaking havoc around Victoria, felling trees, blocking roads, causing blackouts and blowing loads off trucks.
- by Ebony Bowden
Fierce winds, flash flooding and hail as Geelong hit by brief storm
A severe thunderstorm warning has been issued for parts of the state.
- by Goya Dmytryshchak
Thousands of houses in Victoria without power
Almost 7000 Victorian homes have been left without power again the network buckled under scorching heat.
- by Melissa Cunningham
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Get set for Melbhenge - Melbourne's best sunset happens tonight
This evening, at 8.27, astronomers are urging Melburnians to take to the streets.
- by Liam Mannix
Daniel Andrews lashes power companies over blackouts
Premier Daniel Andrews vowed to take energy distributors to task over blackouts that left more than 90,000 households without electricity.
- by Rachael Dexter, Cole Latimer, Melissa Cunningham & Adam Carey
'I couldn't breathe': Melbourne residents endure 15-hour blackouts
No power, no aircon. That was the harsh reality faced by tens of thousands of Melburnians on Sunday night as they sweltered through record heat without power.
- by Alexandra Alvaro
Cool change breaks Melbourne's sweltering heatwave
After sweltering through days of styfling heat and hot, stuffy nights there is finally some relief in store for Melburnians.
- by Melissa Cunningham
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Melbourne weather: Sleepless night without power as temperature soars
More than 20,000 Victorian households have had a sleepless night after scorching heat crippled the state's power distribution network.
- by Ebony Bowden, Joe Hinchliffe & Neelima Choahan