POTENTIAL for heavy rain and destructive winds is expected to linger across the North East on Sunday as around 3400 homes are without power in the Myrtleford region.

The Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) issued an updated severe weather warning for the entire North East region at 10:30am on Sunday for damaging winds and heavy rainfall.

A thunderstorm tore through parts of the region in the early hours of the morning, with around 3389 homes without power since around 6:30am across localities from Eldorado to Myrtleford.

According to AusNet's power outage tracker, crews are currently responding on site of the Myrtleford based outage.

An unplanned outage is also ongoing as of 11am at North Wangaratta, with 42 homes without power as of around 5:30am.

As of 11am Sunday, around 17.2mm of rain was recorded at Wangaratta Airport's BOM recording station since 8am on Sunday, with 11mm falling between 8am to 8:30am.

According to the BOM's latest severe weather warning, wind gusts of up to 130km/h are expected in some areas, with 60 to 80mm of rain also forecast with the possibility of flash flooding.

Locations which may be affected include Wangaratta, Wodonga, Corryong, Seymour, Bright and Falls Creek.

BOM forecasts said heavy rainfall and damaging winds are expected to ease Sunday evening.

SES advises people should take appropriate precautionary measures including driving to conditions and securing loose items at properties.

Monitor weather warnings, forecasts and river levels at the Bureau of Meteorology website, and warnings through VicEmergency website/app/hotline.

You can report new power faults and emergencies online www.ausnetservices.com.au/outages/report-a-fault or on 13 17 99.

For emergency services, call the SES on 132 500.