Echuca

2022 - 10 - 15

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Flooding to remain 'for a week', as swollen rivers bear down on ... (The Age)

The deadly floods inundating homes in central and northern Victoria are not expected to recede for up to a week, as emergency services warn of some of the ...

He joined The Age in 2007 and has previously covered state politics, transport, general news, the arts and food.Connect via We are asking people to leave and not stay in their homes,” said Tim Wiebusch, head of the State Emergency Service. The river reached a height of 12.09 metres in the 1974 floods. [Benjamin Preiss](/by/benjamin-preiss-hvf88)is The Age's regional editor. “Hell no,” she said. Police are preparing a report for the coroner. “You need to be alert to your conditions and need to be preparing to evacuate, particularly if you’re in areas within some distance of the river,” he said. “Imagine that water coming down from the Campaspe River, it will meet the Murray and that will prevent water flushing through the Murray River,” said Bessard. “They are in very flat areas so it takes time for water to be flushed [away] and for the river level to go down,” said Bureau of Meteorology senior hydrologist Yves Bessard. The water level on the Goulburn was expected to exceed the major flood level of 11 metres overnight, with the possibility it could hit 12 metres on Tuesday. Evacuation warnings were issued for the towns of Shepparton and Echuca as water moved down the Goulburn and Campaspe rivers on Saturday afternoon, with some people told they could be away from their homes for a long period. The deadly floods inundating homes in central and northern Victoria are not expected to recede for up to a week, as emergency services warn of some of the “largest evacuations that we have ever seen” in coming days.

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Fast-rising floodwaters inundate Shepparton, with Echuca under ... (ABC News)

The Goulburn River has burst its banks, submerging homes and businesses in Shepparton. Meanwhile several other Victorian towns are bracing for the impacts ...

The levels aren't going to drop quickly," he said. "We’ve made whatever assistance has been requested available. "There will be lengthy delays in restoring power. It's disconcerting," she said. "The new problem we've got is the power is obviously out there so the Mooroopna substation has obviously gone, that's caused a new issue in town with the sewerage system starting to rise because they can't pump the water out," he said. "They're going to see a peak come through on the Campaspe and seeing another peak come through on the Murray River mid to late next week." "We know this is going to be a very expensive clean up, it's going to be a very expensive repair job." "We're talking about a flood situation on the Murray now for probably four to six weeks." "The real challenge is going to come mid to late this week on the Murray (River), particularly around Echuca where we'll have a number of these northern rivers around Victoria starting to feed in," he said. "So I've been talking to the health minister about standing up something on the other side of the river for people who need to see a doctor." "He got a boat to get out, so he's going to shack with me for a few days," he said. "It certainly must be up there as one of their largest floods and everything to do with waters are forecast, so we just hope that 12.2 [metres] is the maximum but we'll just have to wait and see," he said.

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