Hundreds evacuate homes after flooding in south-east Australia

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"111265417"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"2">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><p>Hundreds of people have been ordered to evacuate their homes after flooding inundated parts of Victoria state&comma; as wild weather continues to batter Australia’s south-east&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The issue was ordered for badly-hit areas in the small towns of Seymour and Yea&comma; about 70 miles north of Melbourne&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Authorities told residents and tourists to leave immediately as floodwaters rose to dangerous levels&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Multiple flood and thunderstorm warnings were in place across Victoria with the deluge filling streets with water&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Authorities rescued 38 people from flooding and almost 1&comma;000 calls were made for help&comma; Victoria State emergency services said&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Rainfall in the north-east of Victoria was expected to reach more than 7&period;88in&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Authorities warned that flooding above the floor level of a single-story house was likely&comma; and access to key roads would be difficult&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The area is popular with holidaymakers&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Victoria emergency management commissioner Rick Nugent said&colon; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;If you live in a flood-prone area&comma; please make the necessary plans&period; Especially people living in caravan parks and camping along creeks and other waterways&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Falling tree branches and flash floods are the highest risk&period; Please don’t drive through flood waters&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>There have also been reports of contamination in the local water supply system in the south-east of Victoria&period; Authorities warn that drinking un-boiled tap water could lead to stomach problems&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Melbourne has been spared the worst of the weather but has received a large amount of rainfall&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The states of South Australia and New South Wales are also bracing for storms as the country’s populous east coast continues to be hit by bad weather&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div style&equals;"padding-bottom&colon;15px&semi;" class&equals;"wordads-tag" data-slot-type&equals;"belowpost">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div id&equals;"atatags-dynamic-belowpost-68ecc86322827">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<script type&equals;"text&sol;javascript">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;getAdSnippetCallback &equals; function &lpar;&rpar; &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;if &lpar; false &equals;&equals;&equals; &lpar; window&period;isWatlV1 &quest;&quest; false &rpar; &rpar; &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&sol;&sol; Use Aditude scripts&period;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;tudeMappings &equals; window&period;tudeMappings &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&semi;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;tudeMappings&period;push&lpar; &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;divId&colon; 'atatags-dynamic-belowpost-68ecc86322827'&comma;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;format&colon; 'belowpost'&comma;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub; &rpar;&semi;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub;&NewLine;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;if &lpar; document&period;readyState &equals;&equals;&equals; 'loading' &rpar; &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;document&period;addEventListener&lpar; 'DOMContentLoaded'&comma; window&period;getAdSnippetCallback &rpar;&semi;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub; else &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;getAdSnippetCallback&lpar;&rpar;&semi;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;script>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>


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