Snapshot
Top: Laura captured a lightning strike over the bay before making a quick exit. Left: the Bureau’s rainfall radar shows the approaching storm.
“Severe storms developed in Melbourne and the eastern suburbs on the evening of 28 February. Power outages affected 37,000 premises across the region and the SES received around 1,700 calls. Winds gusting at up to 130 km/h swept across the city, bringing down trees and powerlines, smashing windows and taking roofs off houses...”
Bulletin of the Australian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society Vol. 28 page 47
“By the 28th, a developing cold front and a deepening low pressure system to the south of South Australia tracked eastwards and strengthened before crossing Victoria and Tasmania. Light rainfall was recorded across large parts of Victoria and Tasmania, with isolated areas east of Melbourne and in southwest Tasmania recording heavier falls.”