Residents band together after tornadoes leave trail of misery Kelvin Weston-Green in the remains of his house at Bundalong. A MASSIVE clean-up job has begun for residents in Victoria's northeast where more than 20 homes have been reduced to rubble. The towns of Mulwala, Yarrawonga, Bundalong, Koonoomoo and Rutherglen are the hardest hit after tornadoes ripped through the area. Residents took to the streets to assess the damage. Many houses have lost roofs and walls, while others are missing fences and sheds. Residents helped each other to remove strewn debris and fallen trees and to clear twisted metal, shattered glass and rubbish. More than 20 homes and caravans have been destroyed following a tornado that tore through northern Victoria. Asbestos has been found in metal sheeting at Denison County Caravan Park in Mulwala, NSW, where 100 vans and cabins were destroyed. Fire and rescue crews have conducted a risk assessment and removed strewn debris, gas cylinders and identified areas that contained asbestos. Jeremy Stubbs from Fire and Rescue NSW, said crews had to identify buildings on the verge of collapse before they could let site owners into the grounds in small groups. "At this stage we are not letting anybody remove anything from their sites until the asbestos is cleared," he said. Our priority is to move to the recovery phase and make things safe. Kelvin Weston-Green said his home on Williams St will have to be bulldozed. His roof is detached, the windows have blown in and the front of his house has collapsed into a pile of bricks. The family is without power and was working to contact assessors and remove furniture and anything that can be salvaged. "My wife and son were inside the house at the time and tried to hold the glass door but the kitchen window exploded and they ran," he said. Eighty-year-old Margaret McGlynn was inside her house when the tornado hit. She is staying with her son, Michael, until repairs can be made. "The wind blew in like a freight train," she said. I thought the roof was going in on me. I didn't think I was going to get out. The twister has wiped out a number of fruit orchards in Koonoomoo and destroyed 15 homes. Matt Santoro said 2000 fruit trees had been wiped out causing more than $100,000 damage. "The devastation has to be seen to be believed," he said.