SES volunteers Mick Leyden and Jason Morgan remove plaster from an Essendon home. Picture: Tony Gough HOUSES were flooded and roofs destroyed in the Christmas Day storm that wreaked havoc across Melbourne. Essendon’s State Emergency Service fielded 135 calls for help after hail and heavy rain swept across the state on Christmas Day. Homes in Melbourne’s northern suburbs were among those hit the hardest. Essendon unit controller Sandra...read more