Those who remember the suffering of a decade ago may well be dreading the months ahead. | Tony Wright
The city of Melbourne sat as a moody, dry island for much of Thursday, lulling citizens of the state capital into a false sense of security. Those who set off for regional areas, however, learnt quickly what was coming.
By Thursday evening, however, the sodden doughnut closed on the Victorian capital and a state flooding disaster, long in the making, was complete. Many of them were to learn that when the sky opens up over a river’s higher catchments, safety is not a reliable word downstream. Back in Melbourne, where the Melbourne Cup carnival is scheduled to begin with the Victorian Derby on October 29 – just 14 days away – a 3.5-kilometre flood mitigation wall built early this century to protect Flemington Racecourse managed to hold back the encroaching waters spilling over the banks of the Maribyrnong.
And then, during September itself, some areas of the state, from Manangatang in the far north-west to Lake Eppalock near Bendigo in central Victoria, experienced the highest rainfalls ever recorded for the month, according to the bureau.
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