EMERGENCY service workers were kept busy last week as an “arctic blast” tore through Victoria.
Frankston SES were on clean-up duty after wild winds and weather. On 24 June they attended a fallen tree at Yvonne Court in Langwarrin, which damaged a fence and house. Winds of up to 33 kmph were recorded in Frankston on 24 June.
The Chelsea SES unit also had its hands full last week. On 25 and 26 June, Chelsea SES attended Gala Supreme Close in Mordialloc and Kangaroo Road in Chelsea to clean up issues with trees. It said it had been preparing for an “arctic blast”. “In Mordialloc, a large tree branch had broken away from a nature strip tree, and was blocking the driveway, and in Chelsea, a large branch had broken, but was stuck in the tree and left hanging,” Chelsea SES said. “After assessing the jobs, our Chelsea crews made the area safe, and had the tree branches down and cut up to avoid any further damage to property.”
Earlier in the week, the Chelsea SES were called to the Patterson Lakes Retirement Village on McLeod Road to make a broken roof safe. Part of the roof of one unit had come loose, and landed on an adjoining unit.
First published in the Frankston Times – 1 July 2025