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Residents in Melbourne's west evacuate as floodwaters spread ... (ABC News)

SES Rescue boat crews have spent Friday morning collecting people from their flooded homes around Maribyrnong, with some residents resorting to standing on ...

A relief centre has been opened at the Wyndham Civic Centre. A major flood warning has also been issued for the Yarra River, with the river set to peak at 9.2 metres at Heidelberg on Friday afternoon. An evacuation order has been issued for Werribee Street and Watton Street, near the banks of the Werribee River. "The Werribee River has now been put on major flood alert, where we’re likely to see a peak this afternoon around 6:00pm with major flooding ensuing from around 2:00pm this afternoon," he said. - Residents near the Maribyrnong and Werribee rivers have been told to evacuate Hundreds of homes in Melbourne's west have been inundated with water, after suburban areas near the Maribyrnong and Werribee rivers were evacuated and emergency services used boats to rescue people trapped by the floods.

Victoria flood emergency: Evacuation orders and rescues at ... (7NEWS.com.au)

There is a major flood warning for another Melbourne river which is expected to peak by Friday evening.

“These are areas where I’ve lived for the last 30 years. We’ll bring the sandbags to the front. In Seymour and areas between Benalla and Baddaginnie, residents have been told it is too late to leave and have been instead instructed to seek shelter in the highest location possible. The Campaspe is slated to peak in the afternoon. Kovacic said the riverside cafe is “on a bit of a hill so we sit up on top and to the banks it’s literally like a 2.5m drop”. Evacuation orders are in place for the town of Rochester along the Campaspe River, north of Melbourne, the central goldfields town of Carisbrook near Maryborough, Skinners Flat in Wedderburn and Seymour on the Goulburn River.

Australia news live: at least 1000 homes flooded or isolated in ... (The Guardian)

The flood waters at the Goulburn River has already exceeded the level recorded in the devastating 1974 floods, Wiebusch said. Three hundred properties have ...

Victoria could see increased rainfall across northern parts from Wednesday into Thursday and Friday but at this stage we are more likely to be on the periphery of that system. In terms of the heaviest rain, we’ll have more confidence about that in terms of the seven-day outlook. Some of those homes will be isolated for two to three days, he says. This flood level is similar to what we have seen around September 2010. Not declaring a state of disaster has no impact whatsoever in relation to those arrangement. There are already ADF personnel on the ground in Victoria ... Today is to be keeping people safe, making people know about warnings. The town is on a dip on the Coliban River. This will upset the town geese. I challenge the governments to come to Victoria. This is an aerial photo of Malmsbury in central Victoria today. This is what the climate crisis looks like.

Residents In Melbourne's North-West Ordered To Evacuate As ... (Triple M)

Residents in areas of north-west Melbourne and six Victorian towns have been given evacuation orders after torrential rains lashed the state.

But that is what occurs, and it only takes a very small amount of water. An emergency warning was issued for the Maribyrnong River at Maribyrnong at 5.40am, forcing hundreds of people to leave their homes and move to higher ground as water started lapping at doorways. Residents in areas of north-west Melbourne and six Victorian towns have been given evacuation orders after torrential rains lashed the state.

Victoria flooding: 42 Melbourne suburbs at risk as Maribyrnong river ... (Yahoo News Australia)

Victoria is battling a flood crisis with suburbs in inner Melbourne being evacuated this morning. Many parts of the state are affected.

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Victorian floods: Thousands of homes inundated or isolated by ... (9News)

"We'll have money out to people as quickly as possible." Evacuation orders have been issued for a number of Victorian towns including Seymour, Rochester, ...

We thought we'd be okay," Keiranne said. "Pretty sad to look at. "They're expecting major flooding into Saturday, slowly easing Sunday but hopefully by Sunday night dropping out of those levels. Really, they haven't had a lot of time," he said. "Then we had another deluge of rain late in the day and it rose about two foot in about 30 minutes and we decided there and then it was get out now or we weren't going to be." "We're expecting the flood peak to occur later this morning into later this afternoon, into the upper reaches of the Maribyrnong River then to the more populated areas to the west of Melbourne into this afternoon and into this evening," he said. "We were just watching it steadily rise and then it seemed to come to a bit of a standstill. "The creek behind us isn't as high as what it was in 2011 but we don't know what's going to happen," she told 9news.com.au. "It didn't seem real, to be honest, but the warnings seem to have been escalating," she said. "Major flood warnings are currently in place for the Murray river, the Avoca, the Barwon, the Broken, the Campaspe River, the Goulburn river, the Loddon and Maribyrnong river," Eadie said. "I was here in the '74 floods, the water didn't get in," she said. "I thought because the water didn't get in in '74, even though I put stuff up, I didn't get clothing out," she said.