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Tuesday August 19, 2008 - 12:10 EST
The Bureau of Meteorology is warning southern Tasmanians to secure loose items outside their homes as wild weather approaches this afternoon.
A cold front will cross the state and wind gusts of up to 100 kilometres per hour are expected south of a line from Bicheno to Low Rocky Point.
The Bureau's Severe Weather Meteorologist, Paul Fox-Hughes, says tree branches and power lines may come down.
"We'd expect in this sort of wind direction, a west to north-westerly that there'll be the odd tree branches come down but it's not really shaping up as a major event," he said.
"In this case the SES, State Emergency Service, ask people to just simply to secure things that are loose outside."
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