Mannum's main street closes because of flooding just as the River Murray reaches its peak flow through the South Australian town.
abc.net.au/news/mannum-main-street-closed-due-to-flooding/101834986Mannum's main street has closed because of flooding just as the River Murray has reached its peak flow through the town in South Australia's Murraylands.The town's main street has been shut due to water coming up through a stormwater pipeThe State Emergency Service says the peak water level past Mannum was reached yesterday.
"We had deliveries come yesterday … a lot of stuff we can freeze and salvage, otherwise a lot of the fresh stuff we decided to donate to the Lions Club up at the relief centre and hopefully they can use that," she said. "We put like 2,500 sandbags around the house, but it looks like the sandbags at the front on the river side may have collapsed," he said.Mr Grant said it was "a little bit hard" to watch.
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