Victoria’s flood crisis to continue for days
Forty-three towns and nearly a third of Victoria have been inundated
At least 1400 properties across the Australian state of Victoria have been inundated, as 3,500 people are forced to flee their homes.
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Some 43 towns have been affected by the floods, said to be the worst flooding to hit northern and northwestern Victoria since records began 130 years ago.
A map of flooded areas in the state of Victoria. Source. Image may be subject to copyright.
The towns of Echuca, Horsham and Kerang were expected to be hit by massive flooding as rivers in the ares peak overnight, reports say.
”The message to Victorians is that we are not out of the woods yet as far as this flood crisis is concerned,” the State Emergency Service spokesman said. ”In some of our river systems we are seeing unprecedented stream rises.”
‘We anticipate parts of the central business district and areas to the west of the Campaspe river in Echuca to be impacted,” he said.
“Rochester, on the Campaspe, which reached a record height of 9.5m, far in excess of the previous record set in 1956, and Charlton on the Avoca, which peaked at 8.05m on Saturday, are among the towns worst hit so far,” a report said.
About 80 per cent of both towns have been inundated.
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