WITH severe storms lashing the North East last Friday and over the weekend Rutherglen copped a flogging on Friday night.

Rutherglen SES controller Darren Trevaskis said a number of big trees came down as well six buildings sustained damage.

“Andrew Buller Wines was the worst hit,” he said.

Rutherglen High School had window damage with some minor flooding of classrooms too as well as uprooted trees in the school grounds uprooted too.

The SES controller said there had been 32 callouts for assistance with locals from the community helping too while council did a great job in helping to clean up.

He said the main aim for SES is to give assistance and make sites safe.

“SES units from Chiltern, Yarrawonga and Wangaratta assisted as well,” he said.