Cows crushed by trees, flipped irrigators, smashed fences and no power; they're the challenges farmers across northern Tasmania face as they clean up in the wake of the weekend's storms.
At its peak about 20,000 people were stranded without power, with many farmers still disconnected.
They've had to fall back on diesel generators to run dairies and keep pumping drinking water flowing to dairy herds.
Dairy Plains farmer Brett Atkins said his property "was in the middle of it" and it was the worst storm he'd ever experienced.
"It flattened quite a lot of our sheds and we reckon it's close to 100 hundred trees, and we lost a few cows to a falling tree," Mr Atkins said.
"We've got enough generators, but the challenge has been getting water up to the stock.
Caveside dairy farmer Marcus Crowden has managed to get generators running to ensure that daily milking keeps going, despite the lack of power.
"We lost power for a couple of days; we still don't have power at our robotic dairy so we're running it off a generator 24/7," he said.
"We had a small victory, there's a centre pivot on one of our properties that's blown over two or three times previously, fortunately, this time it stayed up."
Meander Valley Mayor Wayne Johnston spent Saturday night hoping the windows on his house wouldn't give in.
"Some of the strongest wind I've experienced, Saturday night through Sunday night was just terrible, I'm actually surprised there wasn't more damage," Cr Johnston said.
"Most farmers have got generators that they're running but we're lucky we've got wood heaters in the house because it'd be cold otherwise.
Concern for unmilked cows
The Tasmanian Farmers and Graziers Association is still working to get an accurate picture of the damage.
President Ian Sauer said some properties were in urgent need of assistance.
"The concern we have is that it's an animal welfare issue, some cows haven't been milked for three days now, last night in some areas it was minus 8 degrees," he said.
"Also, with all the damage that's been done, our farmers and members are going to be up for higher insurance.
Mr Sauer also said the organisation is coordinating with TasNetworks to get assistance to affected farmers.
"We're directing TasNetworks to different small areas where there are groups of farmers without power, and we're also sourcing generators or affected properties.
"There are hundreds of people affected."
While it's early days, the Tasmanian Farmers and Graziers Association expects damage to properties will cost farmers millions.
"Pivots are over, buildings have been de-roofed, livestock has been lost, the damage bill is going to be enormous," Mr Sauer said.
