In late August, Victoria was hit by severe weather, with wind gusts of 146 kilometres per hour, tens of thousands of properties left without power, and thousands of calls to the SES for help. But even with that in mind, when Greg Patterson reviewed the CCTV footage from a property he managed in northern Victoria, he was stunned.Footage from the event showed garage doors being blasted inwards by the force of the wind, tree branches flying through the air like missiles, and a mob of kangaroos fleeing in the face of swirling, destructive winds.Roller doors on the property at Boorolite “imploded” as the storm hit. (Supplied)”It’s the stuff you sit in a movie theatre and watch, and you see it on the news when the tornadoes hit central US states,” Mr Patterson said.”Whether this is a tornado or a hurricane or whatever, I don’t know.”But we’ve seen it and the air was moving — you can see it on the video. “Pretty scary if you were caught outside in that.”CCTV footage captured…
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