Thousands more homes threatened as floods surge

Rivers continue to swell in Victoria, threatening thousands of homes and displacing more, cutting towns from civilization and crippling communities.

The crisis comes as Australia’s east coast prepares for more thunderstorms this week and flooding threats are renewed in Victoria, New South Wales and Tasmania.

In total, over 60 flood warnings have been issued across Victoria, extending to the NSW border just north of Melbourne, and water continues to surge.

There is great concern in the regional center of Shepperton today, with the Goulburn River expected to peak at a record 12.2 meters this morning.

However today Reporter Christine Ahern explained that another situation is unfolding as saturated watersheds merge with each other.

“At the moment it’s just below that, but there’s a situation where the stream joins the river system and the water is also rising from the drain,” she said.

“Authorities estimate that more than 7,000 homes in the Greater Shepparton area will be affected, of which 2,500 will be flooded.”

SES says it has carried out 173 rescues in the last 24 hours alone. Majority around Shepperton.

The Victoria Emergency has issued a warning to low-lying residents from Burnadown to Rochester along the Kampaspe River to move to higher ground as the river is still experiencing major flooding.

Water levels in the Campazpe River peaked yesterday afternoon, already submerging dozens of homes in Echuca.

“The Campazpe River in Echuca peaked at 96.25 meters Australian Height Standard (AHD) in heavy flooding late Sunday afternoon and is now at 96.18 meters and is slowly falling in heavy flooding.” wrote the Bureau of Meteorology (BoM).

today Reporter Isabella Stakowski said Echuca could go bankrupt again in the coming days.

And the neighboring townships of Mullupuna and Kiara are separated from each other.

Mooroopna’s power plant had to shut down yesterday after it lost power, leaving thousands of residents without power for days.

Dozens of roads were closed across the state after the floodwaters inundated.

About 100 defense personnel have been deployed in the state to help with evacuations and sandbags.

Flooding in northern and northeastern Tasmania is also causing destruction.

Several flood warnings are still in effect for the state, with the highest warnings in place for areas around the Meander and Macquarie rivers.

Floods also threaten central western New South Wales, with 75 SES warnings issued statewide.

“The focus for the next 24 hours will be Mid Murray and Edward Rivers,” the statement said.

“Flood levels have already exceeded 2016 levels and are expected to exceed 1993 flood levels in Ekcha and Moama. Other locations include Forbes, Narrandera, Wee Waah, Warren, Nanami, Jemalong and Barham will be

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has announced a one-time flood payment to flood victims in Tasmania and Victoria.

Affected persons can receive a payment of $1,000 per adult and $400 per child.

“Of course, this support is a small amount of compensation, but it means people have that support on the ground and we make it available,” he said.

“And that information [Sunday] In the afternoon so that the money flows quickly. “

This payment is in addition to disaster recovery benefits already available in the state.