A Victorian man has died after being hit by a tree branch as the state braces for more wild weather.
The branch fell on the man at his property in Caringal in Victoria's Gippsland region on Tuesday.
"Emergency services provided medical assistance however the 44-year-old Bunyip man died at the scene," Victoria Police told AAP in a statement.
Police are preparing a report for the coroner.
The state continued to be battered by thunderstorms and remained on flood watch on Boxing Day after a wet Christmas.
The State Emergency Service responded to more than 1000 assistance requests over three days.
The bulk of the calls came from Frankston, Shepparton, Bendigo and the state's west but the focus was expected to shift to the east with a number of flood warnings issued, SES state agency commander Alistair Drayton said.
Downed trees, particularly across roads as well as water entering houses made up a large number of the calls.
"That's why we put a big emphasis on driving ... to the conditions, particularly with those flood watches," commander Drayton said.
VicEmergency has issued a severe thunderstorm warning, with damaging winds and heavy rain forecast across the Melbourne area.
It has also issued a severe thunderstorm warning across Gippsland, Wimmera and Mallee.
Flood watches have also been issued for several rivers across the state with an escalated watch-and-act flash flood warning for Hedley, Welshpool, Toora and Port Franklin.
