Four-year-old boy walking with his dad is one of three people crushed to death by falling trees in horror Victorian storm which left 50,000 homes without power
- 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 killed overnight by falling trees after a ferocious storm tore through Melbourne.
Ayan Kapoor died in hospital after being hit by a tree in Blackburn south at about 6pm on Thursday.
The little boy had been out walking with his dad and little sister at the time of the tragedy, family told 7News.
'He had just gone outside for a walk,' his aunt said.
'I don’t know how the tree just fell on him, and his father was just trying to get him out.'
Ayan Kapoor, 4, (pictured) was out for an evening walk with his sister and dad when tragedy struck on Thursday night
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 at 6.50pm. The driver suffered minor injuries.
Multiple suburbs across the city were plunged into darkness during the deadly storm which tore through the state on Thursday night.
There were still about 50,000 homes without power on Friday morning, with the State Emergency Service receiving 1700 calls for help throughout the night.
'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.
A four-year-old boy is one of three people who have been killed by falling trees after a ferocious storm tore through Melbourne (pictured on Thursday night)
A deadly storm tore through Melbourne on Thursday night, uprooting trees across the city (pictured)
'Look out for fallen branches and debris.'
Volunteers worked through the night to try to clear the fallen trees and branches littered across roads and railway tracks.
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Several major train lines were suspended while the tracks are cleared.
There were replacement buses for the Belgrave, Cranbourne, Frankston, Glen Waverley, Hurstbridge, Pakenham and Sandringham lines.
All services were back up and running on Friday morning.
Damaging winds also tore roofs off buildings (pictured) sparking a warning from the SES for residents to stay home
One resident saw their trampoline lifted off the ground and tossed through the air on Thursday
Wind gusts as strong as 124km/h 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.
Meteorologists are predicting a calmer weekend ahead with westerly winds up to 20 km/h on Friday becoming light in the middle of the day then becoming north to northwesterly 15 to 20 km/h in the late evening.
Saturday should be a sunny 20C with northerly winds up to 40 km/h.
Volunteers worked through the night to try to clear the fallen trees and branches littered across roads and railway tracks (pictured)
