Severe damage across Wangaratta, Alpine and Benalla council areas is likely to qualify for funding as a declared disaster.
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Homes and roadsides were battered by rain and hail in Tuesday’s wild storm.
Wangaratta Council emergency management coordinator Jamie McCaffrey said his estimated damage in the tens of thousands of dollars.
But he expected the three council areas would reach the combined threshold of $240,000 in damages to quality for state government assistance.
Rural areas of Boggy Creek, Meadow Creek and Carboor were hit the worst by 95 millimetres of rain.
“The road surfaces have been damaged,” Mr McCaffrey said.
“One property has been very badly impacted by floods, it's mainly farm fences and internal tracks.”
He said repairs were expected to continue for weeks.
Alpine Shire assets director Charlie Bird said the damage bill from the storm would be known this week.
A landslip severely damaged two homes in Ovens, plus the rain flooded gravel roads in Kiewa and Buffalo River.
Mr Bird said repairs would be prioritised, such as Harrietville’s Cemetary Lane before a funeral on Monday.
