The northern Victorian town is preparing to be cut off by the Loddon River for up to two weeks
Photograph: Amanda CovePhotograph: Amanda CoveKerang’s caravan park stretches beyond the flood levee that was strengthened after the devastating 2011 floods to better protect the northern Victorian town.
“Some residents are really anxious as it’s their first time going through a flood but thankfully we’ve had some veterans from the 2011 floods that are leading us in the right direction and telling us how things will go.”Photograph: Belinda Batchelor, about an hour’s drive south-east of Kerang, residents have raced to build a levee to protect the town as an evacuation order was issued early Tuesday morning.
The Bureau of Meteorology predicts the Loddon River could peak overnight to Wednesday, reaching similar levels in the 2011 floods. At a farm about 25km outside Kerang, Tania Sutherland and her husband have moved their 2,000 sheep and 150 cows to paddocks they hope will be spared the worst of the flooding.
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