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Emergency
services are currently working around the clock at the moment in
Victoria attending numerous incidents, mainly for trees down,
flooding and structure damage.
As
you can see in the image below, numerous incidents are occurring
around the central districts.
Take
care on the roads guys as these southwesterly winds are causing havoc
across the state.
For some reason this was not a headlines in the Age although this sort of story is usually a paper's bread and butter
Thousands of homes without power as hundreds call for help due to storms
Roofs
have been ripped off houses, trees have crashed to the ground and
trampolines have flown out of backyards as severe storms batter
Victoria.
The
State Emergency Service has received more than 520 calls for help
since midnight on Friday with 73 calls coming from the Wyndham region
in southwest Melbourne alone since 6.30am.
Some
100 calls have come from across Gippsland.
Thousands
of Victorian homes were without power, but most have had it restored
after the state was buffeted by high winds and heavy rain.
A
woman from Wyndham Vale, one of the worst areas hit, rang radio 3AW
to say a 'mini tornado' had ripped through her street.
3AW Breakfast
Caller Sharon says this tree came down on a moving car in Pt Cook this morning ... #VICTRAFFIC
In
a dramatic call to the radio station, she claimed: "We've got
people's fences ripped down, there's holes in roofs, ceilings have
fallen down.
"Someone
has lost their whole family-sized trampoline - they've got no idea
where it's gone, they are missing their back fence and they've gained
someone else's dog."
A
severe thunderstorm warning has been revoked but a severe weather
warning for damaging winds and heavy rainfall remains in place for
Victoria's central, northeast and eastern regions, including
Melbourne.
Much
of Melbourne has recorded more than 12 millimetres since midnight,
while Strathbogie in the state's northeast was drenched by 44mm of
rain in nine hours.
Aspendale
resident Andrea Perry says her family of four was woken by "an
almighty bang" as her neighbour's roof was dumped onto her home
in Melbourne's southeast.
"The
neighbour's house next door, they are renovating, and the whole roof
has completely landed on our house including all of our cars, boat
and my husband's work truck," she told 3AW on Friday.
"It
kind of felt like the world was ending in that moment."
3AW Melbourne
Yikes!
Two men have apparently escaped this at Yarra Valley.
Stay safe out there!
PIC: (@BoomShakalakkaa)
Victorians
have reported gale-force winds tossing trampolines and other
children's play equipment over several fences.
Victoria
SES spokeswoman Jacquie Quaine says most calls for help have been for
damaged roofs but there's also been reports of fallen trees.
Though
no flash flooding has been reported, Ms Quaine expects SES crews -
especially those in Wyndham, Melbourne's southeast and the Gippsland
region - to remain busy for the rest of Friday.
"With
the high volume of calls in such concentrated areas, we're asking for
patience," she told AAP.
Train
commuters in many parts of Melbourne have also suffered delays and
cancellations.
A
tree across tracks in Ripponlea suspended services on the Sandringham
line, while trains on other lines were forced to reduce their speed
due to wet tracks.
There
were also reports major delays on the Sunbury, Lilydale and
Craigieburn lines.
The
expected top temperature for the day of 21 degrees was achieved
before 9am, with a cool change coming through meaning temperatures
for the rest of the day were be in the mid to late teens.
The
peak gust in Victoria was an eye-watering 96 km/h at Fawkner Beacon
in the Bay, just off Brighton.
The
Australian grand prix practise and qualifying is likely to be
impacted by the rain, with showers expected on Saturday. But the
forecast the race itself on Sunday is fine and sunny at this stage.
March
has experienced some of its hottest temperatures on record, but the
mercury will only just sneak past 20 degrees on Friday and Saturday
before warming up to the mid-20s next week.
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