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Residents in 250,000 Melbourne homes are warned not to drink their tap water over contamination fears - after killer storms wreaked havoc with system

Tap water has become contaminated at 250,000 Melbourne homes and could make residents sick if they drink it.

Yarra Valley Water issued a warning on Friday to 88 suburbs including Attwood, Templestow and Fawkner.

Residents could experience gastro-like symptoms if they drink the water or use it to prepare food without boiling it first. 

The warning comes after non-disinfected water left Silvan Dam and entered the water system after a night of wild storms across Victoria.

Tap water has become contaminated at 250,000 Melbourne homes and could make residents sick if they drink it following a night of wild weather (pictured, wreckage at a Melbourne home following killer storms on Thursday)

Tap water has become contaminated at 250,000 Melbourne homes and could make residents sick if they drink it following a night of wild weather (pictured, wreckage at a Melbourne home following killer storms on Thursday)

Undisinfected water is understood to have left Silvan Dam and entered the water system after a night of wild storms across Victoria (pictured, a fallen tree following the storm on Thursday night)

Undisinfected water is understood to have left Silvan Dam and entered the water system after a night of wild storms across Victoria (pictured, a fallen tree following the storm on Thursday night)

Three people, including a four-year-old boy, were killed after strong wind gusts brought down trees. 

The small boy was rushed to hospital in a critical condition after being hit by a tree in Blackburn south at about 6pm on Thursday. 

A 59-year-old man also died after a tree crushed his car. He had been in a shopping centre carpark in Belgrave.

A 36-year-old woman, who was a passenger in a ute driving along the Maroondah Highway at Fernshaw, was also killed by a falling tree at 6.50pm. The driver suffered minor injuries.  

Wind gusts as strong as 124 kilometres per hour were recorded in Mount Gellibrand, east of Colac.

Lilydale and Emerald in Melbourne’s outer east were hit the hardest by the storm.

Multiple suburbs across the city were plunged into darkness during the deadly storm. 

There were still about 50,000 homes without power on Friday morning.

The State Emergency Service received 1700 calls for help throughout the night. 

'We're urging any road users to please drive carefully and to the conditions particularly across the Eastern suburbs of Melbourne and the Yarra Ranges,' the SES said.

'Look out for fallen branches and debris.' 

Meteorologists are predicting a calmer weekend ahead with westerly winds up to 20 km/h on Friday becoming light in the middle of the day then becoming north to northwesterly 15 to 20 km/h in the late evening.

Saturday should be a sunny 20C with northerly winds up to 40 km/h.         

Multiple suburbs across the city were plunged into darkness during the deadly storm (the wild storm brought down powerlines and trees on Thursday)

Multiple suburbs across the city were plunged into darkness during the deadly storm (the wild storm brought down powerlines and trees on Thursday)

Affected Melbourne suburbs 

Yarra Valley Water warned residents in 88 Melbourne suburbs to not drink tap water over fears of contamination. 

The issue is expected to be resolved later today.

ATTWOOD 

FAWKNER 

OLINDA

BAYSWATER 

FOREST HILL 

PARK ORCHARDS

BAYSWATER NORTH 

GLEN WAVERLEY 

PLENTY

BLACKBURN 

GREENSBOROUGH 

RESEARCH

BLACKBURN NORTH 

GREENSBOROUGH

 RESERVOIR

BLACKBURN SOUTH 

GREENVALE 

RINGWOOD

BORONIA 

HEATHMONT 

RINGWOOD EAST

BOX HILL NORTH 

KALORAMA 

RINGWOOD NORTH

BROADMEADOWS 

KANGAROO GROUND 

ROXBURGH PARK

BULLEEN 

KILSYTH 

SILVAN

BUNDOORA 

KILSYTH SOUTH 

SOMERTON

BURWOOD 

KINGSBURY SOUTH 

MORANG

BURWOOD EAST 

LALOR

MOUNT WAVERLEY 

YARRAMBAT

ELTHAM NORTH 

WARRANDYTE

EPPING

 NUNAWADING  

TEMPLESTOWE

CAMPBELLFIELD 

LILYDALE 

TEMPLESTOWE LOWER

CHIRNSIDE PARK LOWER

PLENTY 

THE BASIN

COBURG NORTH 

MEADOW HEIGHTS 

THOMASTOWN

COLDSTREAM 

MELBOURNE AIRPORT 

VERMONT

COOLAROO 

MERNDA 

VERMONT SOUTH

CRAIGIEBURN

MILL PARK 

VIEWBANK

CROYDON 

MITCHAM

WANTIRNA

CROYDON HILLS

MONBULK 

WARRANDYTE

 CROYDON NORTH 

MONT ALBERT NORTH 

WARRANDYTE SOUTH

CROYDON SOUTH 

MONTMORENCY 

WARRANWOOD

DALLAS 

MONTROSE 

WESTMEADOWS

DONCASTER 

MOOROOLBARK 

WOLLERT

DONCASTER EAST 

MOUNT DANDENONG 

WONGA PARK

DONVALE 

MOUNT EVELYN 

YALLAMBIE

DOREEN   

 

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