Breaking | 'Evacuate now' orders have been issued for the entire town of Rochester, south of Echuca, as floodwaters peak earlier than expected. Follow the latest via our live blog.
Earlier this afternoon, Emergency Management CommissionerThe SES has already initiated 23 flood-related rescues from people entering floodwater. A photo of one rescue has been published by thea suburb in the outskirts of town.
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“My daughter says she’s seen wombats all day, big ones, baby ones, looking for shelters, looking for somewhere that’s not flooded.” He said the Vic SES had more than 1600 requests for help, 300 of those were due to fallen trees and the rest for flash flooding and support with sandbagging.“In the coming hours, we’re going to see the continued threat of flash flooding in various parts of the state,” he said. Seymour will come under threat in the next few hours, with the threat of major flooding to a level that hasn’t been seen since 1974.
“We could see the potential for isolation of 20 odd properties and five that could see flooding above floor.” “We’re reasonably confident that as the water comes through to Maribyrnong Township, that it will remain in levees,” he said.
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