Victoria is bracing for a weather system unlike anything it has seen in a “couple of years”, with winds set to reach up to 115km/h from this evening and blizzard conditions for alpine areas set to further complicate the police search for Dezi Freeman.
Emergency Management Commissioner Tim Wiebusch gave a press conference this afternoon, and warned: “We have not seen a weather system like this for some time.
“The wind speeds that we’re going to expect we have not seen this year, and in fact, this is a weather system we’ve not seen for a couple of years now.
“That will continue to make conditions very difficult for the police incident up around Porepunkah.
“Snow is expected to fall down to 600 metres in alpine areas, producing the blizzard conditions.”
Porepunkah is just outside the bureau’s warning zone for damaging winds.
Victoria Police Chief Commissioner Mike Bush said earlier today: “The weather certainly doesn’t help, but our people are very used to working in inclement conditions.
“[It] doesn’t help us and I’m sure it doesn’t help the person we’re looking for.”
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