In the past 24 hours, there were more than 2000 reports of trees down, about 500 reports of trees down, about 500 reports of building damage, and about 150 calls for help in areas where there is severe flooding.
A severe weather warning is spanning across Victoria all the way from Sale to Ballarat.
South to south-easterly winds with gusts of up to 90km/h will continue across Melbourne this morning, decreasing to 25 to 40km/h in the afternoon and 15 to 20km/h in the late evening.
A pool of polar air is bringing low-level snow to central and northern NSW.
Today, snow is expected to continue to fall above an elevation of about 900 metres in southern NSW, with another 10 centimetres likely in the Alps, according to Weatherzone.
Another low is causing showers and storms in western parts of Western Australia.
A high is keeping elsewhere mostly dry and settled.
