Victoria battered by storms, hail and damaging winds overnight - The Age

Mr Trist said the wind was so strong it blew roofs off houses, burst windows and tore down fences. Rubbish bins landed on top of neighbouring homes. Garage doors were crumpled and pulled off their hinges.

Garage doors were ripped off by the storm. Credit:Joe Armao

Ironbark Street resident Ben Geer was luckily staying at a close family member's house on Tuesday night so missed the worst of the storm.

He has insurance and has spent Wednesday morning surveying the damage and beginning the cleanup.

"There's a lot of broken glass, half the roof missing and there’s water damage. It’s a tricky one mate," Mr Geer said.

"We’ll be OK though."

The State Emergency Service received 130 calls for help around the Geelong area alone , and 222 across the state.

Residents whose homes have been left uninhabitable have been moved to temporary accommodation, an SES spokeswoman said.

Some 110 of the 130 calls for help in the Geelong area were for building damage.

The SES began to survey the aftermath on Wednesday morning and have urged anyone with damaged property who hasn't made contact with them to do so.

There were 37 calls for help in the Melbourne metropolitan area, Hastings had the highest number, 10. Most calls were for fallen trees.

A driver who tried to drive through flash flooding on Dudley Street in Docklands had to be rescued at 3.30am. Another driver, under the Monash Freeway underpass in Narre Warren, also had to be rescued.

"A pretty good line of thunderstorms with a cold front moved through the state overnight," Bureau of Meteorology forecaster Chris Arvier said.

"There was rain, gusty winds and hail for a lot of western and central Victoria."

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The strongest wind gusts from the storm were at Ballarat (98 km/h) and Kilmore (87 km/h) around 1am.

About 15 to 20 millimetres of rain fell across the metropolitan area in Melbourne with Springvale West (26 millimetres), Narre Warren (24 millimetres) and Coldstream (22 millimetres) hit the hardest.

Mr Arvier said the winds and storms would ease through Wednesday, and be replaced by colder weather over the coming days.

"Overnight temperatures were above average," he said. "Things are going to take a more chilly turn over next couple of days with 13 degrees to 16 degrees around the state, and a second cold front will cross state tonight.

"We are not expecting thunderstorms with that but it will bring in significantly colder air. There will be further showers tonight and tomorrow, and a forecast of 13 degrees tomorrow.

"The snow level is expected to come down to around 1300 metres behind the second front, and then to 1100 metres tomorrow night."

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