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December 27th, 2011 
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Thousands of homes, mainly in Melbourne’s north, were damaged when hail and heavy rain swept across the city.
Victoria’s State Emergency Service (SES) has received around 4,000 calls for help following severe storms in Melbourne on Christmas Day, as residents continue to clean up.
Thousands of homes, mainly in Melbourne’s north, were damaged when hail and heavy rain swept across the city.
Reinforcements are arriving from South Australia and New South Wales today to help with repairs.
The Department of Human Services and SES has set up an information point at the Keilor Downs Community Centre for people seeking advice about storm damage.
SES deputy chief officer in South Australia, Matt Maywald, says despite the holiday season, he has had no trouble finding volunteers willing to go to Melbourne.
“Surprisingly we had no issues filling the register, the deployment roster,” he said.
“People are only too willing to help and they see it as an opportunity to gain a bit of experience, to work with our interstate colleagues, and to give something back to the community, which is really what they do.”
SES spokesman Lachlan Quick is urging residents to be patient as there is still a lot of work to be done.
“We’ve actually worked up to nearly 4,000 requests for assistance – we had a few trickle through yesterday,” he said.
“Out of those we have worked our way through just about 2,000, so about halfway now.”
Mr Quick says it will probably take another two days to get to all damaged properties.
“The weather will be pretty moderate now until we get to New Year’s Day,” he said.
“The challenge is that some of the damage that is already there has made it unsafe for us to climb onto roofs and things like that and other parts are a bit more complex.”
Meanwhile, a lawyer says some Victorians may not be covered if insurance companies decide damage caused to homes by Sunday’s storms was the result of floodwaters.
Lawyer Michael Bates says most people would be covered for hail, rain and wind damage, but he says people may not be covered for anything that is the result of flooding.
“Where there is a build-up of this so-called stormwater that perhaps comes from drains or comes from other places, that can be – as far as insurance insurance companies are concerned – defined as flood, and that is where they will seek to reject claims,” he said.
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