The Bureau of Meteorology has issued desperate warnings for dangerous winds across the country’s southeast.

A large cold front that developed across Tasmania on Friday resulted in a ‘severe weather warning’ for the entire state, while parts of Victoria, New South Wales and South Australia have also been warned to prepare for ‘damaging winds’.

Winds reached a blistering 154km/h on Maatsuyker Island, off Tasmania’s South Coast, about 10.41am, with the fastest winds on the mainland were recorded at Scotts Peak about 7.41am.

The wild weather is believed to have resulted in the deaths of two people on a private property in the state’s northwest after a tree collapsed on them.

Acting Commander Brenda Orr said emergency services raced to the scene where both were pronounced dead, according to

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