One Man Dead as Winter Storm Brings Flooding, Damaging Winds To Australia

One Man Dead as Winter Storm Brings Flooding, Damaging Winds To Australia
Acting Premier James Merlino speaks to the media during a press conference in Melbourne, Australia, on Aug. 2, 2020. Darrian Traynor/Getty Images
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A man has been found dead in floodwaters in southeast Victoria after the first major winter storm of the season has caused widespread flooding and damage in southern Australia.

Emergency services were called to Starlings Lane in Woodside about 1.45 p.m. on Thursday after a member of the public discovered a vehicle almost submerged in floodwaters. A rescue team then found the man, possibly aged in his 60s, dead in the vehicle.

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