Authorities issued evacuation notices for parts of Traralgon on Thursday morning as the Traralgon Creek burst its banks and inundated homes.
About 1.45pm, police found a man dead in Woodside near the Gippsland Lakes after they were notified that a car was submerged in flood waters.
Victoria woke to scenes of chaos after wild winds and heavy rain swept through the state overnight.
In Olinda, ambulance crews rescuing a woman and her son who had been trapped after a tree fell on their house about 11pm were themselves hampered by a falling tree, which struck a paramedic’s car and blocked the path of another crew.
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One of the Victorian regions hardest hit by the catastrophic Black Summer of 2019/2020 has been fitted with its first grid-connected community battery storage system, as part of a state government-backed plan to improve energy services in bushfire prone regions.
AusNet Services said on Thursday that it had installed Gippsland’s first community battery in the fishing town of Mallacoota, a 1MWh BESS that had the potential to power 1,000 average homes for roughly two hours, and up to one day when combined with a generator.
AusNet said the lithium-ion battery and generator would keep the power running for the town while crews restored any problems that cropped up along the incoming powerline – a 240km line from Bairnsdale that often suffered from outages caused by storms, vegetation or wildlife.
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City of Ballarat to advocate for underground power lines
The City of Ballarat resolved at its ordinary meeting on Wednesday night (26/5) to advocate for the Western Victoria Transmission Network Project to consider underground power lines.
While Councillors said they supported renewable energy and its need for transmission into the electricity network, Council will advocate for the WVTN Project to consider underground power lines where possible.
Council will also advocate for the transmission line route to use existing road, rail, and electricity easements.
The WVTN project proposes a new transmission line starting at Bulgana, near Stawell, and passing through the City of Ballarat, covering about 190 kilometres to the north-western Melbourne suburb of Sydenham.
India s overall exports (Merchandise and Services combined) in April 2021 are estimated to be USD 51.79 Billion, exhibiting a positive growth of 93.21% over the same period last year. The commodities/commodity groups which have recorded positive growth during April 2021 vis-vis April 2020 are Gems & jewellery (9271.21%), Jute mfg. including floor covering (1684.62%), Carpet (1352.68%), Handicrafts excl. handmade carpet (1275.46%), Leather & leather products (1201.44%), RMG of all textiles (927.08%), Cotton yarn/fabs./made-ups, handloom products etc. (618.26%), Man-made yarn/fabs./made-ups etc. (587.01%), Other cereals (451.39%), Ceramic products & glassware (444.45%), Electronic goods (372.62%), Oil meals (279.49%), Cashew (260.48%), Mica, Coal & other ores, minerals including processed minerals (241.21%), Engineering goods (238.27%), Petroleum products (191.53%), Tobacco (187.4%), Cereal preparations & miscellaneous processed items (174.61%), Iron ore (172.16%), Oil seeds (169.04%),