It comes as a clean-up across three states ravaged by wild weather got under way and the federal government flagged it expects requests to help repair damage.
The blasts first hit on Sunday night and continued through Monday across NSW, Victoria and Tasmania, leaving one woman dead and thousands of homes still without power on Tuesday.
An aerial view of flooding in Bushy Park, Tasmania. (HANDOUT/TASMANIA STATE EMERGENCY SERVICE)
Tasmania was among the hardest hit with two evacuation centres opened for displaced residents as the River Derwent came close to spilling its banks.
Warnings have been downgraded, but residents need to be alert as a flood threat still exists and more bad weather is predicted later in the week.
"We've seen the worst of the weather conditions pass now and conditions change considerably across Tasmania," Â Simon Louis from the Bureau of Meteorology said.
"There are no further severe weather warnings currently. We do still have flood warnings for several catchments."Â
Snow that's fallen in the state is also expected to melt over the next few days which will fill up catchments, Mr Louis said.
The area of New Norfolk was evacuated after around 70 houses are believed to have been inundated with floodwaters.
Federal emergency management minister Jenny McAllister told Radio National her office expected to get requests for help from the three states.
"For some of these communities, thoughts will turn today and in the coming days to the recovery and we'd expect to start hearing from our counterparts about any measures or assistance they might require from us at that time," she said.Â
Tasmanian Premier Jeremy Rockliff said teams would assess damage caused by the storms and work with local government to support residents.
"But also, we will ask our federal government if it comes to that threshold around disaster relief," he told ABC TV on Tuesday.
The Victorian and NSW governments have been contacted for comment.
Big volume coming through Meadowbank Dam. — Felix Ellis MP (@felix_ellis) Another challenging night ahead for the Derwent Valley and our emergency responders�#tasmania #flood #emergency #politas #auspol pic.twitter.com/VoLgoas47OSeptember 2, 2024
Authorities lashed the recklessness of 13 walkers, including two teenagers and a child, who were rescued from dangerous conditions on Hobart's kunanyi/Mt Wellington.
The group contacted police for assistance on Monday afternoon after getting into trouble. before temperatures on the snow-capped summit dropped to -3C on Monday night.
In Victoria, more than 28,000 residents were still without power on Tuesday after gale-force winds downed powerlines across towns such as Newborough, Drouin, Cockatoo and Warragul east of Melbourne.
About 450 personnel were working to restore power, with a focus on fixing damage caused at Morwell Terminal Station.
More than 660 homes were damaged on Monday, including a home destroyed in the Dandenong Ranges and another in Corio.
Beach boxes across Mornington, 60km south of the CBD, were tipped over and damaged after they were dislodged from their bases by strong winds.
A crew of 29 SES volunteers from NSW landed in Melbourne on Tuesday morning to help with the clean-up.
Like — Bairnsdale SES (@BairnsdaleSES) @vicsesnews Units across much of #victoria @BairnsdaleSES have been busy during and following the wind of the past few days. We greatly appreciate the community's patience and help. pic.twitter.com/dQboTPnTGASeptember 3, 2024
In NSW, a 63-year-old woman died on Monday during the storm when a tree crashed onto the cabin she was in at a holiday park at Moama on the NSW-Victoria border.
A woman in her 50s also suffered multiple injuries after being hit by a falling tree in Sydney's west.
Two sailors were also rescued in waters off the Nowra coast after raising the alarm on Monday night.
The strong winds with gusts up to 85km/h played havoc at the country's largest airport with 90 flights to and from Sydney Airport cancelled, with only one of its three runways open at the height of the storm.
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