Melbourne storms trap more than 40 motorists on flooded roads.

Forty-one motorists had to be rescued after becoming trapped on flooded roads in Melbourne overnight.

The SES has received more than 1,800 calls for assistance since the heavy rain hit yesterday afternoon, with Melbourne’s north, north-east and south-east suffering the most flood damage.

At the height of the storm about one millimetre of rain was falling per minute, causing rivers to burst their banks.

SES state duty officer Brad Dalgleish said crews had to evacuate a nursing home in West Meadows, in Melbourne’s north, after the ceiling collapsed

“That’s actually resulted in a number of residents being relocated by the management and approximately 26 other residents were moved to different facilities within the actual nursing home,” he said.

BOM: Rainband over Victoria weakening.

A massive clean up continues this morning following wide-spread flash flooding across metropolitan Melbourne.

The Bureau of Meteorology said the rainband was now moving across eastern Victoria and was weakening.

Senior forecaster Beren Bradshaw said there was also some relief in sight from the humid conditions.

“We are forecasting a maximum of 28 for the Melbourne area for today and a lot of humidity is moving east along with that low pressure system,” he said.

This post originally appeared on ABC News.