Echuca-Moama had wild weather on the night of Tuesday, February 4.
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Echuca-Moama had a stormy evening on Tuesday, February 4, with rain continuing into the night.
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According to the Bureau of Meteorology, 12.9mm of rain had fallen in Echuca on Wednesday, February 5, and the highest relative humidity and wind speed were recorded for the month so far.
A column of heavy rain passing over Echuca West.
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Powercor believe lightning caused a momentary outage on Wednesday morning.
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A Powercor spokesperson said just under 3000 customers around Echuca and Rochester experienced a momentary power outage around 1am on Wednesday.
It is suspected lightning caused the outage, which was restored within a minute by Powercor’s automated systems, the spokesperson said.
Residents reported longer outages in Echuca’s west from around 8.40pm on Tuesday, including at Stratton Rd, Matheson Rd and Crofton St.
Despite storms sweeping through the region, all local emergency services said they had a surprisingly quiet night.
David Lofthouse captured this colourful photo when he was looking west from his driveway on Tuesday morning. The Echuca resident captured the incredible skyline, random cloud cover and awesome rainbow as the sun was rising in the east. ‘’Remember it is 7am, not sunset time in the evening,’’ he said.
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A VICSES Echuca Unit spokesperson said they did not receive any calls for assistance, as did a NSWSES spokesperson on behalf of the Moama unit.
A tree was downed next to Campaspe Bridge, but did not interfere with traffic.
Both Echuca CFA and Moama Fire and Rescue NSW spokespeople also said they had not attended any weather-related emergencies in the past week or so.
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