Wild weather: 'Golf ball' sized hail thrashes Melbourne
Baku, November 10 (AZERTAC). Severe storms swept through Australia’s south-east overnight and there is a warning of more on the way.
SES spokesman Lachlan Quick said Woodend was one of the worst hit areas of the state with more than 50 trees falling in the area.
Ms Shepherd said her home in nearby Lancefield had escaped unscathed but there were a lot of trees down and roads damaged in the area.
The bureau’s latest forecast said the severe thunderstorms had now passed as a band of rain continues to fall.
Ambulance Victoria has warned motorists to take care around the Ringwood area with flash flooding in the area.
The State Emergency Service (SES) has had more than 1000 calls for help after storms ravaged the state.
SES spokesman Lachlan Quick said almost one third of those were for flash flooding. The Frankston area was hardest hit with more than 215 calls.
Mr Quick said the bulk of requests had been for flash flooding with more than 317 calls, 270 of which were in metropolitan Melbourne.
The south-eastern suburbs copped the brunt of storms with heavy rainfall across many suburbs.
Senior forecaster Dean Stewart said East Bentleigh had 23mm of rain in six minutes with large hail stones.
Mr Stewart said the worst of the storms were still hitting the southeast with rainfall and a chance of less severe storms still expected to hit the city later this evening.
Golf ball sized hail also hit south of Ballarat yesterday and 100km/h plus winds hit Port Fairy and Cape Otway.
An SES spokesman said there had been damaged roofs and fallen trees in the outer suburbs including Brimbank, Doncaster and Narre Warren.
The spokesman said a house in Bellbridge, near Wodonga, had its roof torn off in severe wind and crews were working to cover it with tarps.
At least seven more homes in the area were damaged in the winds.
The SES earlier upgraded its warnings from severe to damaging wind, flash flooding and large hailstones.
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