William Vaux’s time-lapse photos captured the storms from Mt Dandenong. Source: Supplied
STUNNING vision has emerged of the storms as they rolled over Melbourne yesterday.
Photographer William Vaux took time-lapse pictures from the top of Mt Dandenong that show the storms rolling across the city. He pieced it together and posted a YouTube video that would not be out of place in a disaster movie.
GALLERY: MELBOURNE MOPS UP AFTER FREAK HAIL STORM
“Wanted to get a photo of the city of Melbourne from up at Mt Dandenong, but the storms rolled in and took the view of the city out, so I decided to take this time lapse,” he says on his post.
“Both (memory) cards filled up and it stopped taking shots just before it come over me and hailed quite heavy with hail stones the size of marbles. Luckily I was in the car then!”
Ringwood soccer club. Picture: Anne Mckenzie Source: News Corp Australia
Hail in Heathmont. Source: Supplied
IN RINGWOOD, traders are counting their losses after a furious hailstorm tore through the area yesterday afternoon, with much of the ice still lingering in heavy piles this morning.
The flash storm hit about 4.30pm with shoppers forced to flee Ringwood Square shopping centre after water began pouring from the ceiling.
The heavy hail blanketed streets and footpaths in a thick ice, with residents in the Ringwood and Heathmont areas also reporting heavy coverage in residential streets.
Yesterday’s storms caused the roof at Ringwood Fresh Green Grocer to collapse. Picture: Steve Tanner Source: News Corp Australia
Jack Koh from Ringwood Fresh Green Grocer faced a big clean up after yesterday’s storms. Picture: Steve Tanner Source: News Corp Australia
Maroondah SES volunteers had responded to 46 requests for assistance from the public as of 7pm.
Chemist Warehouse chief operating officer Mario Tascone said the “perfect storm” had forced the evacuation of the Ringwood pharmacy.
“Hail had iced up the roof and then obviously there was nowhere for the water to go,” he said.
“It’s not a good outcome, but that’s Melbourne.”
At Ringwood Square, numerous shops sustained ceiling damage after the centre’s gutters also became clogged with hail stones and water started seeping into stores.
The second half of the panorama. Pictures: Chris McCarthy Source: Supplied
Hail blanketed the corner of Viviani Cres and Neil St in Heathmont. Source: Supplied
Ringwood Jewellers manager Cameron Beever said traders had banded together to help clear the water from the worst-hit stores.
“All the tenants were trying to sweep all the water and salvage what they could,” he said.
“Most of them are now trying to open and trade.”
At least five stores were closed on Wednesday due to the damage.
As of midday, large piles of hailstones had still not melted.
IN GLEN WAVERLEY, a woman had to be rescued after driving her car through flood waters when thunderstorms hit yesterday.
Monash SES rescued the woman who got trapped in her car along Springvale Rd near the corner of Mount St, about 4pm.
It was one of 50 jobs the unit responded to throughout the municipality.
SES spokeswoman Sally Lowenstein said the storm passed through the area quite quickly, and most of the cleaning up had wrapped up by 9pm.
Ms Lowenstein said most jobs related to building damage as a result of flooding, and flash flooding.
The Monash Library Glen Waverley branch also closed early because of storm damage but reopened this morning, with only the reading room unavailable.
The crushed carport. Source: Supplied
NARRE WARREN residents had a rude awakening when a tree fell on their carport yesterday, forcing it to collapse.
Narre Warren SES deputy controller Damien Burns said a couple were sleeping in their Boomerang Crt home about 2.30am when the tree fell on their carport. The couple were unscathed.
“On this occasion the tree uprooted and it simply topple the tree over,” Mr Burns said.
“They were both awaken by the tree and the roof of the cars under the carport both collapsed.”
Narre Warren SES were called to 31 incidents in Casey between 11 pm on September 8 to 8 pm on September 9.
Mr Burns said the incidents included - flooding, roof damage, collapsed pergolas and trees obstructing pathways.
HEIDELBERG was hit hard by the storms with the Magistrates’ Court and shopping precinct suffering the most damage.
The storm and hail affected Banyule’s major shopping zone down Burgundy St, Jika St and flooded Rosanna Rd late yesterday afternoon.
There were limited services in the court as they dealt with electrical and phone issues as a result of the storm. Many of its cases have been adjourned and remand hearings sent to the Ringwood Magistrates’ Court until the issues are resolved.
Around the corner along Burgundy St, shoppers and business owners experienced flash flooding as the street’s drainage failed and overflowed.
Burgundy St Bakers Delight franchisee Christy Culton was caught in the storm.
“The side door next to Millers blew open and water came gushing out (of Warringal Shopping Centre),” Ms Culton said.
All the shops inside the centre were affected with water pouring through their ceilings and light fittings, she said.
“Most, if not all the businesses on either side of Warringal’s dome were affected,” Ms Culton said.
During the chaos a fellow Heidelberg business owner was reportedly in Dimmeys when the shop’s roof collapsed, she said.
Another shop owner allegedly slipped on hail and suffered a head injury during the storm, Ms Coulter said.
Rubbish covers Oakleigh South’s Mavis Hutter Reserve. Source: Supplied
Heidelberg Central Traders Association centre manager Kim Gibb said the heavy concrete drainage pits had been lifted away by the power of the storm water.
“The incredible power as the water came down the hill from the hospital flooded Rosanna Rd and the ended up down the bottom in the park land,” Ms Gibb said.
“It was quite an horrific experience.”
IN OAKLEIGH SOUTH, residents are once again disgusted after rubbish from a nearby tip blew over their neighbourhood, making a park “look like a tip itself” during the strong winds yesterday.
Transpacific Waste Management’s tip on Carroll Rd had to be shut down after the 90km/h gusts picked up rubbish and scattered it across Mavis Hutter Reserve and surrounding roads.
Heathmont covered in hail. Picture: Chris McCarthy Source: Supplied
Plastic bags, chip wrappers and other pieces of rubbish clung to trees and covered picnic and playground areas in the park.
But this is not the first time, with residents complaining about the same issues in July.
“We’ve seen it on other occasions, but never to this extent,” said resident Eda Smrk.
She took photos, but said “pictures didn’t do the amount of rubbish justice”.
“We could see it from far away, but when we got closer it was even worse than we thought — it looked like a tip in itself.
“It was also in the trees of houses across the road, it almost looked like Christmas tree decorations.”
Transpacific spokesman James O’Loan said work crews had inspected the area and expected to have the rubbish cleared today.
Kingston Council manager of city development Ian Nice said planning compliance officers often monitored the site to make sure the tip operator followed their planning permit guidelines.
SES crews used chainsaws to remove a tree from the car. Source: Supplied
IN RED HILL, a tree fell on a car in Arthur’s Seat Rd. Members of Sorrento SES were called to the incident at 11am yesterday and spent several hours cutting the tree away from the car with chainsaws.
Spokesman David Lammers said the car had substantial damage but fortunately nobody was hurt.
Crews were called to a Safety Beach home where ridge capping had blown away and a Rye home where another tree fell down.
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