South Eastern Australia warned to brace for cold weather

South eastern Australia is being warned to prepare for the year's coldest weather so far. Freezing conditions, blizzards and damaging winds are forecast.

موجة صقيع من العام الماضي سببت أمطار غزيرة في وسط ملبورن. Source: AAP

South Australia, Victoria, Tasmania, the ACT and New South Wales are all being warned of this winter's coldest weather so far sweeping across the south east of the country.

 

The Bureau of Meteorology says the weather event has already started in parts of South Australia and will run right through the coming weekend.