State Emergency Service crews have completed all outstanding requests for assistance as a result of the extreme weather event in greater Hobart on Thursday night.

SES Assistant Director Operations and Resources Leon Smith said that as the response transitioned to the recovery phase, Rapid Impact Assessment (RIA) crews from the SES and TFS were undertaking assessments and capturing visual data depicting the impact of the major flood event.

“Staff from the Emergency Services GIS unit within DPIPWE are providing specialist advice and capability to support these critical recovery operations,” Mr Smith said.

“The public needs to be aware that the SES and TFS will have a prominent presence within the community over this weekend while undertaking these activities on foot and in vehicles within impacted areas. A remote piloted aircraft is also being used over Hobart’s CBD to gather intelligence in relation to the impact of this significant event.

“We understand that people are still feeling the effects of the severe weather event, and recognise that the recovery will take some time.

“Although there are no current warnings at this time, people still need to keep abreast of the latest advice from authorities in relation to the recovery effort.”

Up to date road closures can be found at www.police.tas.gov.au/community-alerts

Many roads are affected by floodwaters and debris.  Stormwater has overflowed contaminating the floodwaters.

For assistance:

SES 132500

Life-threatening emergencies 000

Police non-emergencies 131444

For more information about wider government services check out www.tasalert.com.au