At 6:30pm, there are three Watch and Act messages still active.

One has been issued for the Warby Ranges, one for Northern Grampians and Dadswells Bridge, and one for Lake Fyans, Pomonal, Bellfield and Halls Gap.

Several Advice level warnings are still in place including for air quality north of the Grampians.   

As always, please check the Vic Emergency website for updates.

You can also read more from our coverage here. 

A couple of the comments from our blog readers:

Pinky

I'm a teacher in Cowes, Phillip Island. The electricity went out yesterday afternoon.

All the shops and restaurants were closed except for a couple of places who stayed open to sell off the last of their food.

Our school was closed today and so was the local Early Learning Centre.

Power came back on at 1400. It was horrible having no phone access or internet. Hopefully the children can return to school tomorrow.

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Paul

My wife and I are in Wantirna South. We haven’t had power or a Telstra phone signal since 4pm yesterday. They say it will be Thursday before service could resume.

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Stephanie

We are located in West Gippsland, my partner is on Telstra and I’m with Optus for mobile coverage. We both had zero coverage - including SOS all of last night. His service has resumed this morning but mine is still down. I pity anyone who actually needs to call 000 and can’t right now. With landline phone access back I’m only able to communicate with wifi with a modem/router powered by a generator. they are saying days for power to be restored. We are alternating keeping power to our fridge/freezer and powering our water pump so we can get water out of our taps.

Bellview Connection, an equine therapy facility in Pomonal, has thanked firefighters for helping them save their livestock.

Director and equine therapist Rachael Muckleston said 50 per cent of the facility's paddocks have been burnt from the fire but the shed and horses are unscathed. 

Ms Muckleston told the ABC trees and stumps are still burning around Pomonal and the Grampians.

She described herself as "very lucky" but said she remains on high alert in case of "flare-ups".

Ms Muckleston is hopeful her facility will reopen to the public tomorrow.

"We are extremely grateful and fortunate to have such a dedicated and committed volunteer fire service," she said. 

Reporting by Gabriela Rahardja

A new Watch and Act message has been issued for the Warby Ranges, north west of Wangaratta.

There is a bushfire in the Warby Ranges that is not yet under control.

The fire is travelling within the Warby-Ovens National Park in a north-easterly direction towards Sessions Road, Killawarra. 

Leaving now is the safest option as conditions may change and get worse quickly. 

We don't have an official figure yet, but sources on the ground suggest dozens of homes at Pomonal may have been lost.

These are some of the aerial images capturing the devastation in the township, which is nestled against the Grampians National Park.

Emergency relief payments are now available for eligible community member whose homes have ben impacted by the fires and storms. 

The payment is a fixed amount for each member of your household and is not based on how much you earn.

Each eligible adult will receive $640 and children will receive $320 each, up to a maximum of $2,240 per eligible household. 

Payments can be used to pay for things like food, clothing, medication and accommodation. 

You may be eligible if your principal place of residence is in an evacuation warning area, or the fires or storms have damaged your home and you have unmet immediate relief needs. 

If you think you may be eligible, contact your local council in person at an Emergency Relief Centre, or over the phone.

Bring some ID with you like a driver’s license, Medicare card, letter or utility bill showing your address.

You can find more details here.

Pomonal resident Bela Pechnig said the fires had destroyed his family's home as well as the business they'd recently established.

"Last night was terrible. At first we didn't know if anything was standing, now we know pretty much nothing is standing," he said.

"You just try to make a good life for your family and then five months later this happens.

Despite the devastation, Mr Pechnig was resilient.  

"There will be a few tears and a lot of hard work to get [the business] going again but I still want to make it happen, I'm not giving up," he said. 

Mr Pechnig said while his family were dealing with the loss together, other neighbours were still waiting to find out if their homes had been impacted.

"Many of them still don't know if [their homes] are standing or not," he said. 

Reporting by Nate Woodall

WorkSafe is investigating the death of a 50-year-old dairy farmer in Gippsland during Tuesday's storms.

In a brief release, WorkSafe says the Mirboo North man was using a quad bike to move cattle on the farm about 6pm when he was hit by a part of a shed roof that had detached in strong winds.

Earlier today, Premier Jacinta Allan and the state's peak farming body extended the community's condolences to the man's family.

We've been getting messages from some of you who have been affected by the fire at Pomonal including this one from Phill. 

We're so sorry to hear about your family's loss. 

We still don't know the exact number of homes destroyed in the fire at Pomonal but Rob Coutts has sent us this video of some of the damage at Wildflower Drive. 

In Victoria's  north-east, the latest power outages have brought simmering tensions over existing electricity infrastructure to the fore.

In Euroa, an online community petition calling for improved power supply in began in January and has since amassed nearly 1,300 signatures.

AusNet says bushfire mitigation technology across the region, called Rapid Earth Fault Current Limiters, has been the cause of the issue.

It says during high-risk fire danger days the technology operates on it highest sensitivity settings.

That means when it is triggered it takes out the whole power feeder line to protect the community from potential bushfires rather than just a single line or a few sections.

That makes it more challenging for crews to deal with faults.

Strathbogie Shire Council's interim administrator Peter Stephenson said the shire was doing whatever it could to push for improved power supply for the region.

"We are talking to our state and federal representatives, we are exploring whatever avenues we can to get equitable service here," he said.

"But we know it is not a quick fix."

AusNet has been contacted for comment.

Reporting by Callum Marshall