Victorians told to prepare for more storms and damaging winds, take precautions now

More wild weather and damaging winds are set to lash the state on Tuesday, with Victorians warned to prepare before they hit.

More wild weather and damaging winds are set to lash the state on Tuesday, with Victorians warned to prepare before they hit.

VicEmergency on Monday afternoon said a new low pressure system was expected to approach Victoria from the west on Tuesday morning, bringing with it potentially damaging winds that would grow stronger in the afternoon and possibly into the night.

It said Victorians should prepare ahead of the storms by putting their cars under cover if possible, and keeping them away from trees.

It comes after storms with savage winds, driving rain and hail pommeled parts of the state on Sunday, with nearly 3000 homes left without power on Monday morning.

There were also “supercells” in some areas — including rural Dookie — that created tornado-like weather and ripped up trees.

SES crews received 471 calls for assistance on Sunday.

A SES spokesperson on Monday said the Emerald area in the Dandenong Ranges generated the most call-outs, followed by Whitehorse in Melbourne’s east, Bendigo and Heidelberg in Melbourne’s northeast.

The SES received 261 requests in relation to fallen trees.

A tree branch landed on a car in Hawthorn on Sunday. Picture: Josie Hayden

SES crews respond to fallen tree branches in Carlton North on Sunday. Picture: Josie Hayden

There was flooding in Brunswick. Picture: Josie Hayden

Elsewhere, 130 call-outs were in relation to building damage while 39 requests concerned flooding and property damage.

AusNet’s outage tracker, which covers the eastern half of Victoria, showed 2800 customers were without power on Monday morning.

The largest outages were around the Myrtleford and Beechworth areas.

CitiPower and Powercor outage tracker listed 682 customers impacted by unplanned outages.

Its transmission area covers the western half of the state.

Picture: Nicki Connolly

Melbourne also has an 80 per cent chance of seeing warmer than usual temperatures in coming days, with maximums rising to about 18C.

There is the possibility Victorian winter and August records could even be broken thanks to the increased sunshine.