With winds peaking at about 130km/h, the SES received more than 600 calls from the peninsula.

Power outages of up to 48 hours occurred in pockets all over the peninsula and traffic lights were out for several hours in Mornington on Sunday morning.

Sorrento SES controller David Gordon said the unit had received a record 300 calls, almost double its previous record of 154 calls for a storm in 2003.

Danielle de Natris of Hastings SES said the unit received about 300 calls, starting on Friday night.

"There were a few large jobs on Saturday night and then it just never stopped. Calls were coming every minute,"

Sorrento SES was assisted by units from Oakleigh, Footscray, Essendon, Northcote and Frankston, and Hastings had help from Craigieburn and Malvern.

CFA brigades also assisted and Ms de Natris worked with her 17-year-old son Casper de Waij, a member of Balnarring CFA.

Fallen trees provided the bulk of work and a Hastings crew had to cut through fallen trees to get to a job in Mornington.

"There were an incredible number of trees down, but there was very little flooding, even though it rained a lot," Ms de Natris said.

The areas worst affected were Mornington, Mt Martha, Somerville, Balnarring, Red Hill, Main Ridge, McCrae, Rye, Blairgowrie and Sorrento.

An exhausted Ms de Natris was due to take a SES training group on Monday night.

"I think we'll be just licking our wounds and refuelling chainsaws and fitting out the trucks to go out again," she said.