Victorian horror storm kills three people - including a four-year-old boy hit by a falling tree - in a night of wild weather
- A four-year-old boy died after being struck by a tree in Melbourne on Thursday
- There were two others killed during the ferocious storm - a woman and man
- Wind gusts as strong as 124 kilometres per hour were recorded in some parts
- Suburbs were plunged into darkness, 50,000 homes are still without power
A four-year-old boy is one of three people who have been killed by falling trees after a ferocious storm tore through Melbourne.
The small boy was rushed to hospital in a critical condition after being hit by a tree in Blackburn south on Thursday night. He sadly died of his injuries.
A 59-year-old man also died after a tree crushed his car. He had been in a shopping centre carpark in Belgrave.
A 36-year-old woman, who was a passenger in a ute driving along the Maroondah Highway at Fernshaw, was also killed by a falling tree during the storm.
Multiple suburbs across the city were plunged into darkness during the deadly which tore through the state on Thursday night.
There were still about 50,000 homes without power on Friday morning.
The State Emergency Service received 1700 calls for help.
'We're urging any road users to please drive carefully and to the conditions particularly across the Eastern suburbs of Melbourne and the Yarra Ranges,' the SES said.
'Look out for fallen branches and debris.'
Wind gusts as strong as 124 kilometres per hour were recorded in Mount Gellibrand, east of Colac.
Lilydale and Emerald in Melbourne’s outer east were hit the hardest by the storm.
The Bureau of Meteorology issued a severe weather warning on Thursday afternoon for Melbourne, Geelong and the Mornington Peninsular.
There is still a warning in place for Central, East Gippsland, South West, North Central, North East and West and South Gippsland Forecast Districts.
More to come
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