Severe weather warnings continue for Victoria as wild conditions lashed overnight

Wild weather that lashed Victoria overnight has continued today, with a severe weather warning for large parts of the state.

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00:00It was beginning to turn into a sunny blue sky day here in Melbourne this morning before

00:06grey skies and rain started pelting down once again.

00:10The clean-up from the storms overnight is continuing.

00:13Wind gusts of more than 100 kilometres per hour lashed the bayside suburbs of Melbourne

00:19and in the regions hit the south-west and north-east of the state.

00:24Dozens of properties have been damaged and about 20,000 people were hit with power outages

00:30which are ongoing.

00:31The SES has received at least 1,200 calls for help and that's mainly been for branches falling

00:37onto properties and roads in Melbourne and in the regions.

00:41The Victorian SES State Duty Officer has been giving a warning to people to remain vigilant

00:47today.

00:48Here's what he had to say.

00:49It's definitely the wind.

00:52They're just really urging people to be vigilant when they're out there.

00:56Branches may fall down even without a lot of wind around because the trees are stressed.

01:01So drive to the conditions that you see on the road and please be patient if you have

01:06requested help.

01:07Our volunteers are doing an amazing job clearing all these.

01:10They will get to you.

01:11We've heard reports of branches hitting a moving car and a person who was walking along

01:17the road in Melbourne.

01:18They have been unharmed and were able to walk away from that incident.

01:22In the regions, trampolines have hit the sides of houses because of those strong winds.

01:27There's been extensive roof damage and a balcony has collapsed.

01:31There are ongoing warnings for strong winds today as this cold front continues to move over

01:35Melbourne CBD and hit the east of the state into Gippsland.

01:39People and drivers are being urged to remain vigilant of their surroundings because branches

01:45are going to continue to fall.

01:47The cold front is expected to continue into next week across Melbourne so it's going to

01:52be a very cold start to spring.