Strong winds set to return to Australia’s south-east as Tasmania experiences record flooding

Victoria may see more severe weather warnings for wind later in the week, while emergency services continue to battle bushfires during Queensland heatwave

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Strong winds are forecast to hit southern states again later this week as clean-up crews take advantage of a short reprieve after days of wild weather that left one woman dead and tens of thousands without power.

The clean-up has begun across south-eastern Australia after a wild day of weather on Monday with record flooding in Tasmania, an emergency bushfire in NSW, and more than 600 houses damaged by wind in Victoria.