In southeastern Australia, authorities have warned of further rainfall in the flood plains in the coming days. “This will cause the water to rise again and cause flooding,” Victoria State Prime Minister Daniel Andrews said on Tuesday. Thousands of residents have already had to flee. About 1,500 households are still without electricity.
Major flooding is expected from Wednesday on the Murray River on the border between Victoria and New South Wales to the north, the national weather agency said Tuesday. From Friday, the record levels from 1993 could be exceeded. Residents of Echuca and other places in the region have been called to safety.
Location is probably closed off from the outside world for a week
Flood warnings also applied to several other rivers, such as the Loddon. Using a protective wall of sandbags, helpers hoped to keep Kerang mostly dry. However, it is feared that he could be cut off from the outside world for up to seven days.
Hundreds of roads closed in Victoria
Due to the initial drop in precipitation, the water level in some places dropped slowly over the course of Tuesday. There, some residents returned to their homes and emergency services began cleaning up. According to media reports, dozens of schools and nurseries in Victoria remained closed and hundreds of roads were blocked.
Australia’s east coast has been hit several times this year by exceptionally heavy rainfall and flooding. In early July, areas in the metropolis of Sydney, the capital of New South Wales, were flooded. Also in March there was severe flooding around the metropolis and in large parts of the state and also in Queensland.
Source: Krone
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