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HELL ON EARTH: RECORD-BREAKING JUNE STORMS ON JUNE 9 AND 10 2021, WILD STORMS HIT THE DANDENONG RANGES AND GIPPSLAND REGIONS, BRINGING FLOODS TO GIPPSLAND, DAMAGING THE YALLOURN POWER STATION, AND LEAVING MORE THAN 200,000 HOMES AND BUSINESSES WITHOUT POWER.
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edia headlines in themselves told the story: terrifying storms isolate Victorian towns, Hills families ‘abandoned’ in devastation aftermath, wild weather lashes State, residents advised not to drink water, 56,000 homes without power, more than 1,000 without power for a month, township crippled in one night, police roadblocks, State government calls in the troops, towns without 000, massive financial hit to 1,200 businesses, the hills are alive with the sound of chainsaws, debris metres high, Victoria declares state energy emergency. VICSES Emerald Controller Ben Owen said it was “an absolute miracle” no one died in the Dandenong Ranges storm. Some residents were barricaded in their vicsesva.org.au
