Storm cleanup continued through northern Tasmania

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00:00Mud did little to deter thousands who turned out for Wynyard's annual Tulip Festival,

00:07with a break in wild weather coming just in time for festival organisers.

00:12It's been a frantic 48 hours. We had to have those sobering discussions of whether we'd still proceed.

00:20Damaging winds eased today across the north and northwest, allowing the clean-up and repairs to begin.

00:27Tas Networks says the number of disconnected customers is now down to around 1,500,

00:33after being as high as 21,000 yesterday.

00:36We were hiding. We had no power till about 1.32 o'clock yesterday afternoon.

00:40We were really lucky. We didn't lose any power or anything.

00:43We had a few trees down at home and a few things to tidy up.

00:46Producers in the north and northwest have also been batted by winds,

00:50like this berry farm, where many of its tunnels were damaged, which could take weeks to repair.

00:56Those crops that we were hoping to get in two to three weeks, now they might be four, five, six weeks away.

01:01They'll take a bit longer to come to market because obviously the Tassie spring is quite cold

01:06and we want to keep it as warm as possible under these tunnels.

01:09The SES says it received more than 100 calls for assistance over the last three days as the wild weather hit.

01:15While the winds have eased, Tasmanians are being asked to stay vigilant, as continued rainfall causes rivers to rise.

01:22At the request of the family, no further details have been released about a pair of people

01:27who died at a private property in the northwest yesterday when they were hit by a falling tree.

01:32The SES says it's far out of the shop.

01:36But the other day, the SES is free from the end of the building.

01:39The midden- campsite in the building.

01:41As the family, they have to build a new area so they can see the most of their lives.

01:44The SES in the building and the UTS is free from the building.

01:48They can see the same place as they have to be in the building.