John :au: :60: :05: :12: :GP:<p><a href="https://fairdinkum.one/tags/TasNetworks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TasNetworks</span></a> not equipped to handle 2024 <a href="https://fairdinkum.one/tags/storm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>storm</span></a> event &amp; <a href="https://fairdinkum.one/tags/outages" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>outages</span></a>, review finds. </p><p>In August last year, <a href="https://fairdinkum.one/tags/Tasmania" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Tasmania</span></a> was hit by a <a href="https://fairdinkum.one/tags/severe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>severe</span></a> <a href="https://fairdinkum.one/tags/weathersystem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>weathersystem</span></a> that lasted for five days. </p><p>It pummelled the state with heavy rain, <a href="https://fairdinkum.one/tags/flooding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>flooding</span></a> &amp; damaging winds that caused <a href="https://fairdinkum.one/tags/extensivedamage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>extensivedamage</span></a> to the <a href="https://fairdinkum.one/tags/electricity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>electricity</span></a> <a href="https://fairdinkum.one/tags/distributionnetwork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>distributionnetwork</span></a>.</p><p>All in all, 47,000 customers were left without power in the middle of winter, some for a week or more. <a href="https://fairdinkum.one/tags/auspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>auspol</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05-15/tasnetworks-2024-storm-outage-report-reaction/105295022" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">abc.net.au/news/2025-05-15/tas</span><span class="invisible">networks-2024-storm-outage-report-reaction/105295022</span></a></p>