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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has pledged further support for victims of Victoria’s damaging floods as the clean-up continues and some communities remain under threat.
After two floods inside two years in parts of Victoria,insurance experts are concerned flood coverage will become increasingly unaffordable for many residents in the state’s flood-hit communities.
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.
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 northern Victorian town awoke to news of the best kind of error:emergency authorities had slightly overestimated the flood peak.
This flood-affected town in northern Victoria is used to being inundated by floodwaters. But that doesn’t make it any easier.
Bendigo residents are also being warned of possible flash floods as thunderstorms batter the state.