Echuca has been divided by a levee, leaving some homes protected and others at risk of flooding. Evacuation orders have been issued for parts of the region. _Biancah reports. Photos: Steve Huntley/Riverine Herald ecuca victoria vicfloods vicfloods2022
Regular readers will be familiar with the extensive levee system that is still being built in Echuca, as locals mount a desperate attempt to protect their town from rising floodwaters.
Yesterday, the council’s acting chief executive officer Tim Tamlin also appeared to distance council from the decision over where the levees would be built. Tamlin told the media the council had ordered more pumps and would try to pump water out from behind the levees and back into the river system. But with the Murray expected to peak on Friday and Saturday, coinciding with 40-60 millimetres of rainfall expected between Friday and Sunday, it’s unclear how successful that strategy will be.a significant number of people could be affected by the levees.
Premier Daniel Andrews said the downgraded forecast was “fantastic news” at yesterday’s press conference. Emergency Management Commissioner Andrew Crisp yesterday defended the emergency warnings issued before flooding inundated homes last week, telling reporters doorknocking and gradually escalated warnings – including a watch and act which was active overnight – meant residents were sufficiently warned.on Channel Nine and said she was “just reflecting the feedback from the local community and what they feel during this whole event”.
“We saw the same thing during COVID with the lockdown of the towers in Flemington and North Melbourne and the lack of understanding of the communities who were there.”after they were locked in their public housing towers due to a COVID-19 outbreak with no warning on July 4, 2020. What is the very latest information that you have looking forward to the weekend regarding the peak as to how high the river will get, and therefore, how extensive the flooding could be in Echuca?Yeah, Michael, as you are no doubt seeing, it’s a very slow, creeping rise that’s occurring there on the Murray downstream of Barmah, through Echuca.
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