Power outage Melbourne: AusNet Warburton, Monbulk, Millgrove, Leongatha

Thousands of homes remain without power after wild winds thrashed Victoria overnight.

The SES responded to hundreds of calls for help as winds lashed the state overnight.

More than 14,000 homes are without electricity across the state this morning following wild winds overnight.

Electricity distributor AusNet Services, which operates the poles and wires across the east of the state, was reporting around 13,200 homes without power on Monday morning.

Around 2200 homes are without power in Yarra Junction while around 1350 have been impacted at Warburton, 900 at Monbulk, 880 at Leongatha and close to 700 at Millgrove.

Rival CitiPower and Powercor, which operates poles and wires in the west of the state, was reporting around 1050 homes with unplanned power outages.

Major areas include Apsley, where there are 271 homes without power, and Calivil where more than 100 homes have been impacted.

Over 300 calls for assistance to SES were made in the past 24 hours, with building damage cited among the most common of emergency incidents.

Homes across the state were battered by wild weather overnight, with wind speeds in Port Phillip Bay reaching up to 128 km/h.

Bureau of Meteorology spokesperson Miriam Bradbury said wild winds impacting Melbourne were the result of an incoming cold front likely to impact residences across the state.

“We are also expecting the possibility of some thunderstorms today, more likely in the northern and far eastern suburbs, which may bring further gusts,” she said.

Ms Bradbury said that suburbs around the bay and in northern parts of Melbourne felt the brunt of the wild weather overnight, but winds were likely to “ease off” throughout today.