The Melbourne Snap⚡- Thursday 26 June
Flooding in inner Melbourne, two factory fires overnight, security patrols for western suburb, health data leaked from city hospitals and the quiz show coming to the Botanics.
G’day and welcome back to The Melbourne Snap. Here’s Thursday’s edition.
☔ Never mind “four seasons in one day”. At times yesterday, it felt like it was monsoon season as Melbourne and most of the state were hit with sporadic, but heavy rain showers.
➡️ Parts of inner Melbourne, such as the CBD, Southbank, South Melbourne and Docklands were flooded on Wednesday as heavy rain and a king tide swept through the city, with temperatures dropping below 9° during the day.
➡️ Ponyfish Island, which sits in the Yarra opposite Flinders Street Station, had a couple of inches of water in the bar. - ponyfishisland (Instagram)
➡️ A section of the roof at Brunswick live music venue Stay Gold collapsed amid strong winds. - Eleanor Wilson, 9 News
➡️ Hailstorms were reported in Cranbourne, Berwick, Beaconsfield and down the Mornington Peninsula. - Violet Li, Cranbourne Star
➡️ Travel delays caused by the weather yesterday have trickled into today. At the time of writing, buses replace trains between Frankston and Stony Point and between Parliament and Glen Waverley. All tram services are fine - Public Transport Victoria
➡️ Westbound lanes of the Western Freeway are closed this morning between Gordon and Wallace, due to black ice. - Vic Traffic
🌦️ Thursday weather
✈️ Melburnians have been stranded in Qatar for over 24 hours as the Middle East conflict has forced consecutive flight cancellations, leaving passengers without water for hours. - ABC Radio Melbourne
🚧 The cost of Melbourne’s West Gate Tunnel has blown out by another $1.5 billion, pushing the project’s total price tag to nearly $12 billion - almost double the original estimate. - Matt Johnston, Herald Sun
🎖️ A Melbourne-led effort has ensured Korean War veterans could attend the 75th anniversary commemoration in Canberra, with Box Hill RSL funding buses and lunch after Debbie Munro, daughter of veteran John Munro, rallied support to stop the veterans being forgotten. - RSL Victoria
💰 Wyndham City Council has approved a $372,000 security patrol for Truganina, despite 42% of public submissions opposing it and concerns raised by councillors over consultation and cost, with tensions flaring during a lively debate. - Wyndham TV (Instagram)
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