Two people have died in Tasmania amid severe winds and wet weather, police have said in a press conference a short time ago.

Acting Commander Brenda Orr did not give a location in the state for the incident, citing the need to inform next of kin.

"It appears that the severe weather has resulted in a tree falling on private property resulting in the death of those two people. No other people have been injured," she said.

"Both people were on private property, out in the open, when a tree fell."

Acting Commander Orr said both people died at the scene, where emergency services remain.

The State Emergency Service (SES) says "the worst winds have now mostly passed", with "the most destructive winds now isolated to the far north-east of the state".

SES acting assistant director of operations and resources Chris Irvine said most of the 72 requests for assistance on Friday were due to wind-related damage.

"Members of the public should take all precautions for their own personal safety and be aware of the potential for falling trees and branches," Mr Irvine said.

"Although the worst winds have now mostly passed, we are still expecting widespread gusts of 100km/h to 110km/h across the state this afternoon before easing below warning thresholds this evening."

TasNetworks says there are more than 40 separate outages around the state, with most in the north-west.

"That’s likely to rise as the storm moves east across Tasmania," a spokesperson said.

Unfortunately, for some in more isolated parts of the state, there could be outages for more than three days, the spokesperson has warned.

"We currently expect customers affected by the most complex, isolated and inaccessible outages to be without power for at least 72 hours. Please prepare now for that scenario.

Our crews our extremely committed, but can only work in safe conditions - considering factors like wind, lightning, fatigue and available light. When conditions are not safe to start repairs, crews will make assets safe, and return once conditions improve."

All planned works have been cancelled and 30 crews are available to respond to the outages, TasNetworks says. Contractors have also been brought in.

The weather bureau has released a new warning. The "vigorous cold front" is moving east over the state, bringing possibly "destructive" winds to the north-east. A 'destructive' wind gust above 125kph is a "small risk" around Scottsdale and Bridport.

A vigorous frontal system is moving east across Tasmania today resulting in widespread damaging winds, particularly with showers and thunderstorms, and some risk of localised destructive winds across the northeast of the state. Conditions are expected to gradually ease into this evening, but may persist about the northeast into early Saturday morning.

For Launceston and Hobart, the warning is for "damaging winds averaging 55 to 65kph", with possible gusts up to 100kph.

The state's top wind gust today was 154kph, recorded on Maatsuyker Island at 10:41am.

A number of big trees have toppled in Devonport.

Passersby noticed the Spirit of Tasmania ferry was taking a turn at sea while coming into to Devonport. It's unclear whether it was weather related or about timing coming into the port.

The seas are looking a little churned up in the state's north at the moment. Here was the ferry coming in not that long ago.

Amid the wild winds and threat of falling tree branches, Launceston City has closed its parks and reserves for today.

Posting on social media, the city's official account said:

Due to the Bureau of Meteorology's Severe Weather Warning for damaging and potentially destructive winds across the Central North region, all City of Launceston-managed parks and reserves will be closed today, Friday October 10 2025, to ensure public safety.

In these weather conditions, strong winds may cause falling trees and branches, posing significant risks to the public.

Some parks will be closed with gates, while others will have signage in place.

Please avoid these areas and respect all closures.

At least for this afternoon.

Derwent Ferries has posted to Facebook:

Due to the forecasted damaging winds persisting into the evening the Derwent Ferries service has been temporarily suspended for this afternoon of October 10. We apologise for any inconvenience.

Just posted by Tasmania Zoo on Facebook:

CLOSED Due to the severe weather impacting the State today we have decided to close the zoo for the safety of all.

Sorry for any inconvenience caused.

We will reopen tomorrow-Saturday 11th

TasNetworks is reporting that almost 20,000 homes and businesses are without power in the state.

A large part of those outages are in the Wynyard and Burnie region in the state's north-west — including 2,457 customers without power in East Cam, Park Grove, Shorewell Park, Somerset and Wynyard.

For those without power, unfortunately TasNetworks give an estimated restoration time of "Too be confirmed - long delays".