Wangaratta chronicle
Wild Monday winds hit rural city, cut power to thousands

WINDS which would not look out of place in current hit movie ‘Twisters’ swirled through Wangaratta on Monday morning, causing damage to property and electricity lines and leaving thousands of homes without power.

Peak gusts of 98km/h were recorded at the Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) Wanga

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