Victorians have been urged to prepare themselves and their properties for wild winds predicted to sweep across the state on Wednesday.

The Bureau of Meteorology issued a warning on Tuesday for the entire state — except the far northwest — for a rapidly deepening low pressure system bringing “damaging, locally destructive winds” .

Areas close the the South Australian border are expected to be hit by damaging gusts of up to 100km/h in the morning, before the weather system pushed east throughout the day.

Winds of up to 120km/h are expected to be felt around parks of the Central District — including Geelong and the Morning Peninsula in the early afternoon, with south Gippsland being hit during the late afternoon.

Coastal residents to the west of Cape Otway have been warned of “destructi

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