They’re in people’s clothes,covering train stations and even at the airport to greet Swifties – but the insect invasion won’t last.
About 20 properties are reported to have been wiped out by the blaze,but on Wednesday afternoon many residents of Pomonal were still in the dark about whether their homes had survived.
A dairy farmer is dead,while Phillip Island and its surrounding communities remain without electricity after wild storms battered Victoria on Tuesday.
Victorian Energy Minister Lily D’Ambrosio described it as “one of the largest outage events in the state’s history” after a storms flattened transmission towers and knocked out the state’s largest power station.
Stawell resident Peter Greenberger said he had spoken to friends from Pomonal on Tuesday evening,and it seemed likely a number of families had lost their homes.
Damaging winds,heavy rain and golf ball-sized hail have lashed parts of Melbourne.
A catastrophic fire danger warning has been issued and very hot and windy conditions have been forecast for most of Victoria,putting the state’s emergency workers on high alert.
The Bureau of Meteorology has issued its first heatwave warning of the summer,as temperatures soar past 30 for the next three days.
The city is expected to record its highest temperature of the summer,and a cool change in the evening will bring relief.
The mercury is expected to hit 38 degrees in the city this weekend,with extreme fire danger and heatwave warnings for regional Victoria.
The cooling relief centre on Bourke Street – with air-conditioning,cold drinks and visiting healthcare workers – will open when the mercury hits 35 degrees.