Residents in Ponde are having to make alternative road arrangements after a levee in the area broke, inundating roads and sending water rushing towards the Riverland community it was protecting.
Residents in the area are looking at ways to avoid road closuresPonde resident Rosie Schellen said her property was normally about a kilometre away from the river.
"We're working with the neighbours at the moment ... who have been amazing, just working out and cutting fences [to go cross-country]. It's a little bit of a worry because up the top it's a little bit sandy."Ms Schellen said they knew the water was coming and had been slowly preparing for inundation, but the levee bursting "had just hurried things along" for her family.
Ms Schellen said she hoped her property would not end up isolated, but with her front paddock and road already inundated, she is now only able to travel using a four-wheel drive.
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