The Campaspe and Murray rivers in Echuca are set to rise in the coming days, while residents in Kerang fear a repeat of the 2011 floods that left them cut-off for weeks.
But he said he was worried about flooding from the Murray River."But anyway, we'll just keep kicking on."Meanwhile, residents at Kerang were also bracing for major flooding.
"The evacuation warning may actually come out because we know the town is going to be isolated, so it may not come out because we're worried about the town flooding." "There was a lot of lessons learnt out of January 2011, and since then we've done a bit of work around preparing for another event like this," he said at the Kerang community meeting.Over in Shepparton, residents of the regional centre were warned on Sunday it was too late to leave.
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