WANGARATTA has been lashed by destructive winds overnight, recording its highest September peak gusts in almost 20 years as wild winds batter the state.
Peak gusts of 98km/h were recorded at Wangaratta’s Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) Airport station at 4:52am Monday morning, with BOM forecasts predicting the damaging winds to remain throughout the region on Monday.
According to BOM records, the ...