Tasmania faces record flooding as wild weather in Victoria and NSW causes flight cancellations and power outages
by Cait Kelly from on (#6QDBM)
Derwent River near Hobart expected to reach record level as more than 100,000 homes in Victoria without power
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A woman was killed by a falling tree on the New South Wales-Victoria border, almost 100 flights were cancelled in Sydney and Tasmania was expected to experience record flooding as several destructive cold fronts moved up the east coast.
More than 120,000 people across Victoria and Tasmania were without power on Monday afternoon, while the Derwent River near Hobart was expected to rise to a record level in the evening.
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