Australian flooding spreads to Victoria
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January 19, 2011, Wednesday
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AUTHORITIES urged residents to flee more Australian towns yesterday as rivers carried deadly floodwaters deeper into another state and worsened a natural disaster the government says may be its costliest ever.
Victoria is the latest region afflicted in a weeks-long flooding crisis that has left 30 people dead and caused once-a-century floods in many areas.
The Victoria city of Horsham resembled a lake after the Wimmera River overflowed its banks yesterday and bisected the community before starting to recede in the afternoon. About 500 homes in the city of 14,000 people were surrounded by water.
Officials sent three emergency alerts overnight to residents in the path of the high water.
"At 5am they were out on the megaphone just yelling 'evacuate'," West Horsham resident Brett Insall said, but he stayed at his home. "I'm not too worried about it. It's only water."
State Emergency Service Incident Controller Stephen Warren said the water would slowly recede through the day. "We may even be able to get the (Western) highway open late in the day and actually have some access later tonight," Warren told reporters.
Across north-central Victoria state, more than 3,500 people have evacuated with 51 towns and 1,500 properties affected by rising waters.
Floodwaters have already left 1,000 households in Victoria's northwest without power.
Victoria is the latest region afflicted in a weeks-long flooding crisis that has left 30 people dead and caused once-a-century floods in many areas.
The Victoria city of Horsham resembled a lake after the Wimmera River overflowed its banks yesterday and bisected the community before starting to recede in the afternoon. About 500 homes in the city of 14,000 people were surrounded by water.
Officials sent three emergency alerts overnight to residents in the path of the high water.
"At 5am they were out on the megaphone just yelling 'evacuate'," West Horsham resident Brett Insall said, but he stayed at his home. "I'm not too worried about it. It's only water."
State Emergency Service Incident Controller Stephen Warren said the water would slowly recede through the day. "We may even be able to get the (Western) highway open late in the day and actually have some access later tonight," Warren told reporters.
Across north-central Victoria state, more than 3,500 people have evacuated with 51 towns and 1,500 properties affected by rising waters.
Floodwaters have already left 1,000 households in Victoria's northwest without power.
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