SYDNEY, Oct 14 (NNN-AAP) – Residents of multiple communities, in the Australian state of Victoria, received evacuation warnings today, due to flood emergencies.
Currently, there are more than 90 warnings issued across the state, including over 10 evacuation orders. Residents in some regions along rivers or creeks, are warned to avoid the riverine flood and move to higher ground immediately.
The State Emergency Service (SES) said, floodwaters are rising rapidly at the Maribyrnong River, located in the north-western suburbs of Melbourne, as more than 60 properties have been affected, due to rapidly rising flood water.
The Goulburn River at Murchison also continues to rise, and is expected to exceed the major flood level (10.7 metres) this evening, with the river level likely reaching around 12 metres tomorrow afternoon.
Meanwhile, another evacuation warning was issued for Wedderburn, as the Skinners Flat reservoir near the rural town is likely to breach.
As of 5:00 p.m. local time today, SES had received over 2,679 requests for assistance, over the past 24 hours, including more than 119 flood rescues, since midnight.
Local power companies, CitiPower and Powercor, said yesterday that, there were around 3,480 customers without power across Western Victoria, because of major storms pushing through the state.
Much of eastern Australia saw heavy rain and flooding, the past month. Aside from Victoria, there were also flood warnings issued in New South Wales and Tasmania.
