Melbourne, Sydney, Tasmania weather: Millions of Aussies urged to stay home as wild weather batters multiple states [Video]

07:02 EDT 01 Sep 2024, updated 07:03 EDT 01 Sep 2024

Millions of Aussies have been urged to work from home and avoid unnecessary travel ahead of another week of destructive winds that is set to batter large swathes of the country. 

A cold front will sweep through parts of South Australia and Tasmania on Sunday night while Victoria will be hit by damaging wind gusts of up to 130km/h until Monday morning, bringing dangerous surf conditions.

The east coast of NSW, including parts of Sydney, the Illawarra and the Hunter won’t be spared from the wild weather either, with wind gusts of up to 100m/h expected. 

The Bureau of Meteorology has forecast that some parts of NSW could be hit by destructive wind gusts of up to 125km/h during the early parts of Monday. 

Senior meteorologist Sarah Scully said the low pressure system will produce isolated showers for southern parts of Australia. 

Ms Scully said the weather …