Victoria’s flood crisis has claimed its first life after a man was found dead at a home in Rochester in the state’s north.
Floodwaters continued rising in the town overnight, leading to rescues and evacuations into the early hours of the morning, while in Shepparton residents are mounting a mammoth sandbagging operation ahead of an expected record flood.Thousands of residents in central Victoria have been told to evacuate or prepare to leave their homes with no idea when they will be able to return.
It is now too late to leave the towns of Murchison and Murchison East, which are downstream of Shepparton along the Goulburn River.Emergency services are now turning their attention to Echuca, where the Campaspe and Murray rivers meet. In Rochester, about 30 kilometres south of Echuca, a 71-year-old man was found dead in the backyard of his High Street home about 9.30am on Saturday.
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