Communities have started the clean-up after the deluge,with at least two dozen properties inundated,but there is still a risk for those in the northern and eastern parts of Victoria.
Evacuation orders have been issued for parts of Rochester,Seymour and Yea as fast-rising water threatens to inundate homes after rainfall records were broken across central Victoria on Monday.
A man who risked his own life to save an elderly woman who was swept away in fast-moving floodwaters has detailed his desperate attempts to rescue her.
The prime minister says governments have to be flexible enough to use whatever assets are at their disposal during natural disasters.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has announced a $50 million support package for those affected by recent wild weather in the state’s far north and south-east,on top of $64 million announced in December.
Residents of flood-ravaged towns have been told to evacuate as the Goulburn and Campaspe rivers swell following a day of record-breaking rainfall across the state.
Developers want to construct hundreds of dedicated rental apartments in Parramatta. The council says the proposal does not adequately address flooding hazards.
This flood-affected town in northern Victoria is used to being inundated by floodwaters. But that doesn’t make it any easier.
Residents in the regional Victorian town of Seymour have been told to evacuate the town immediately as flood waters rise rapidly.
Bendigo residents are also being warned of possible flash floods as thunderstorms batter the state.
People respond to the threat of rising flood waters by sand bagging in the town of Goornong,near Rochester,on Monday.