Possible tornado, tens of thousands left without power as full extent of wild storms is exposed

A tornado has ripped through parts of Melbourne as tens of thousands of homes have been left without power in a major thunderstorm event that has smashed parts of eastern Australia.

Severe thunderstorm fronts crossed parts of south-east Queensland and Victoria on Sunday afternoon, bringing heavy rainfall, damaging winds and large hail.

Homes were left damaged, and trees torn down across the two states, causing major power outages.

In Queensland, over 60,000 homes were left without power, while in Melbourne over 25,000 outages were registered with Powercor.

The SES reported more than 600 calls for assistance on Sunday around western Victoria and Melbourne, with reports of a possible tornado sweeping through parts of the cities western suburbs, leaving multiple homes damaged.

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