Emergency services are telling thousands of residents in Victoria to leave home immediately with major flooding expected to hit several areas across the state.
Residents in Seymour, Rochester and Carisbrook with an evacuate immediately warning from emergency services with floodwaters “rapidly rising”.
Emergency services have warned major flooding in Seymour is imminent and that rivers could reach levels similar to those seen during the 1974 flood.The small town of Rochester on the Campaspe River prepares for rising flood waters, filling sandbags and waterproofing shop fronts. Picture: Jason Edwards
The river will begin rising from Thursday night and will peak on Friday afternoon but the flooding is not expected to subside for up to 10 days. Major flooding is imminent at Strathbogie, Galls Gap Road and Euroa with rainfalls up to 115mm recorded in the past 24 hours across the Seven and Castle Creeks catchment.
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