<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>A clean-up is under way across Victoria after </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/weather/vic/melbourne" rel="" target="_blank" title="severe thunderstorms"><span>severe thunderstorms</span></a><span> and intense rain lashed large parts of the state yesterday.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Powerful storms tore through Victoria as a severe cell plunged the city into a wet and wild afternoon yesterday, even sending a tornado-style wind tunnel through the streets of </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/melbourne" rel="" target="_blank" title="Melbourne's"><span>Melbourne's</span></a><span> west.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Werribee and Hoppers Crossing locals reported seeing a small "tornado" blowing through their suburbs during the worst of the wild weather.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/russia-tests-new-nuclear-cruise-missile-putin-says/986d0c5c-fe8a-4037-af11-bad957700b56" target="_blank"><strong><span>Putin fires warning shot at the world with incredible new 'super weapon'</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Next door's shed got lifted off its slab and lifted the power lines here on Tarneit Road," local man Adam told 9News.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The ferocious winds uprooted trees, tore down fences and damaged power lines as the storms developed quickly and seemingly without warning.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Northwest Metro region was the most significantly impacted as a narrow path of storm-related wind damage was observed across some western suburbs of Melbourne, including Wyndham Vale and Hoppers Crossing," the SES said in a statement.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/victoria-weather-news-clean-up-under-way-after-heavy-storms-lash-state/748cfdbc-626d-4404-9e6b-51f1a3a9020e" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"This may have been the result of a short-lived tornado, but this is unconfirmed at this point in time. Further analysis will be undertaken today."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Nearly 30,000 people were left without power yesterday as the strong winds, heavy rain and occasional lightning strike belted the city.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Victoria's SES received 600 calls for help across the state from midnight yesterday to 11am today.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Melbourne's western suburbs copped the brunt of the storm.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Up to 150 homes in Wyndham were damaged in the flash storms.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The SES is still working through a backlog of calls as conditions eased today.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"SES Wyndham Unit is our busiest crew, with over 180 requests for assistance and counting," the SES noted in an update on Facebook.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/louvre-museum-robbery-suspects-arrested-over-theft-of-crown-jewels/2f3f79a9-725a-46c8-8c5a-304cd3f28f3b" target="_blank"><strong><span>Suspects arrested over theft of crown jewels from Paris' Louvre museum</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>A tram was also stuck in Richmond and some cars were left stranded by sudden flash flooding in both South Melbourne and West Melbourne.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Thousands are still without power today across Melbourne.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The heavy rain also made yesterday the wettest day in 18 months.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Around 35mm fell and inundated streets, homes and businesses, the most rainfall since April 2024.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The Bureau of Meteorology reported Melbourne's Olympic Park was lashed with 37.4mm of rain, followed by 36.4mm at Avalon Airport.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>However the BoM noted that it wasn't unusual for severe storms to develop across Melbourne during spring.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Spring is the time for Melbourne and Victoria to get this sort of weather, as we start to see some more dynamic cold fronts moving across," senior meteorologist Simon Timke said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The high risk of thunderstorms yesterday prompted the state's chief health officer to issue an epidemic thunderstorm asthma forecast warning of "high" for the northern country district.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/how-to-follow-9news-digital/29855bb1-ad3d-4c38-bc25-3cb52af1216f" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>DOWNLOAD THE 9NEWS APP</span></em></strong></a><strong><em><span>: Stay across all the latest in breaking news, sport, politics and the weather via our news app and get notifications sent straight to your smartphone. 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