© Twitter: Jenna BlythA number of suburbs across Melbourne experienced large hail.
Victorians are cleaning up after severe thunderstorms swept across the state, bringing strong winds and rain that has damaged houses and uprooted trees.
The State Emergency Service (SES) said they had received hundreds of calls for assistance after storms brewed on yesterday afternoon.
A severe thunderstorm warning for damaging winds, heavy rain and large hailstones remains current for much of the state.
More than 30,000 homes properties are still without power, down from about 100,000 around the state last night.Power was also out in parts of suburban Melbourne but the impact was far less significant.
The weather bureau's Dean Stewart said Melbourne received 20 millimetres of rain within 15 minutes, causing flash flooding in many suburbs.
"The highest wind gust in the state was up at Kilmore Gap to the north of Melbourne - 117 kilometre per hour -
but a lot of towns reported gusts over 100kph, [followed by] Wangaratta with 113kph, Bendigo 111kph, Mangalore 107kph, Laverton 98kph," he said.
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