A family of four has survived plunging 50 metres off a road in Falls Creek as wild weather lashes parts of Victoria

    

Family of four has managed to survive, plunging 50 metres off a road in Falls Creek. It was one of hundreds of emergency call -outs as wild weather lashed the state, near a tie with 

the latest. A miraculous escape for a South Australian family after their car plunged 50 metres down this embankment at Falls Creek. It was around 11 this morning when the driver lost control 

at Bogong High Plains Road. A couple in their 50s and two teenage boys managed to free themselves from the wreck. They only suffered minor injuries. Really lucky in terms of those people being able to self -extricate out of that vehicle. 

With blizzard -like conditions and zero visibility, the Great Alpine Road was also shut between Harrietville and Hotham Village. I've got a lot of trees on that road there and the last thing we want is trees to come 

down. You know, they're late in the snow at the moment. And those escaping the high country didn't get much reprieve down in Melbourne. I'm used to it because up at Mansfield the snow. We're 60km from Mount Bull and it's 

colder in Melbourne. The SES responded to more than 270 calls for help as wild weather lashed parts of the state. 206 were for trees down, 33 for building damage. The busiest areas were the Ballerine, Portland 

and Gisborne. It's been a crazy day. We've had a few jobs out and about with some big trees that have come down. Winds peaked at more than 100km an hour in Alpine areas. Similar gusts at Port Phillip 

Bay while Geelong recorded 76km an hour winds. The strong winds have also whipped up large waves with hazarded surf warnings issued at coastlines across Victoria. A handful of powerful fronts through the southeastern states of Australia. That said, many spots 

across Victoria have reported wind gusts today that are the strongest they've seen this year. A near -eighty -two is at Southbank tonight, near it's not over yet. Not yet Alicia, there is a storm surge warning for places like Southbank, South Wharf, Altona 

and Alwood which means these places could flood tonight. Today's strong winds pushed around a lot of water in the ocean and that combined with low pressure means the tide around Melbourne is quite high. As you can see behind me those are Pony Fish Island, 

the bar in the middle of the Yarra -Antu phase at the moment. But in the last half hour we have actually seen the Yarra River here rising quite slowly which means Southbank promenade 

and nearby footpaths could flood tonight as I mentioned. The weather bureau says the water is expected to peak around seven o 'clock. Alicia? Okay, Neary, thank you.