Major storm turns Melbourne sky black, leaves thousands without power - 9News

Thousands remain without power after a severe storm passed over Melbourne this morning, leaving many in complete darkness.

Flash flooding occurred across the city, shortly after the Bureau of Meteorology (BoM) issued a storm warning about 8am.

A severe thunderstorm warning remains in place for heavy rainfall, damaging winds and large hail storms for northern Victoria.

The Bureau of Meteorology have issued a severe weather warning for northern Victoria. (Nine)

The skies turned black minutes after the storm warning was issued. (9News)

About 21mm of rain was recorded at Anakie, north of Geelong, in just 30 minutes.

State Emergency Service (SES) crews responded to 64 requests for assistance across metro and south-west Melbourne, however that number is expected to change.

A Powercor spokesperson said crews were working to restore power to more than 12,000 homes and businesses.

"Since 7am, more than 12,500 ground lightning strikes have been recorded in our network, causing damage to poles, powerlines and other electrical infrastructure," the spokesperson said.

"Extra crews are on the ground responding to more than 105 separate faults. In some cases, poles will need to be replaced and powerlines and other equipment repaired.

"Since this morning, our crews and control room operators have been able to restore power to over 40,000 customers."

The hardest hit areas are in Geelong, Bendigo and Ballarat regions and the western suburbs.

Some homes were damaged following the storms. (Nine)

This was the scene in Melbourne at 8:30am this morning. (9News)

Peter Phoebe, who works in Southbank, raced the storm to work this morning.

He said he was surprised by the wild conditions, as only a 50 per cent chance of rain was originally forecast. 

"As I was walking to it at about 8.30, the skyline looked like the end of day scene in Ghostbusters," he told 9news.com.au.

"Luckily I avoided the rain just in time then looked at the rain radar online to see what was about to occur."

The dramatic change in conditions caught many residents by surprise. Peter Phoebe captured low hanging cloud hovering at the top of buildings. (Peter Phoebe / Twitter: @EatDrinkCricket)

Up to 21mm of rain was recorded at Anakie in just 30 minutes. (9News)

Storms are also likely for New South Wales today, but no warnings have been issued.

Showers are developing across Sydney. 

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