Evacuation orders are current for Echuca and Barmah on the Murray River, Kerang on the Loddon, and Rochester on the Campaspe
Tania Sutherland and her husband - who were in Kerang during the 2011 floods - are shocked they are again in flood preparation mode.
“They told us it was a one in 100-year flood and now eleven years later we’re here preparing for it again,” Sutherland said.The couple, whose farm is about 25km outside Kerang, have moved their 2,000 sheep and 150 cows to paddocks they hope will be spared the worst of the flooding. Emergency management commissioner, Andrew Crisp, said Victoria was currently in “all phases of emergency”, with evacuations occurring in several parts of the state, while recovery and clean up is underway in others.
To aid with both efforts, Crisp has requested the support of additional ADF members, which has been approved by the commonwealth, with their presence to grow from about 200 to 400 personnel in coming days.Two more ADF helicopters will also be deployed to assist with evacuations, deliver food and supply feed to livestock.More than 700 flood rescues have been made since the disaster began.The premier said “a handful” of people have arrived at the Mickleham quarantine facility in Melbourne’s north.
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