In Victoria, horses have become stranded in floodwaters as their owners and villagers urgently attempt to rescue them.
After a week of rain in central Victoria, the town of Mangalore and the surrounding area have been swamped by severe flooding.
Extreme rainfall inundated the paddocks and neighboring areas of the local horse breeding facility, Yulong Stud.
As extreme rainfall devastates the region, horses at the Yulong Stud breeding facility in Mangalore, Victoria, have been engulfed by rising floodwaters.
Numerous horses have become trapped in the surging waves and are attempting to escape.
The thoroughbreds’ owners have sought to save them by herding them out of the water.
They are utilizing a single boat to rescue the animals and have requested boats and life jackets as a matter of urgency.
Yulong Investments stated in a tweet, “We have a number of horses to rescue from flooded paddocks and are in dire need of life jackets, boats, blankets, rugs, and any other assistance the Nagambie community can provide.”
According to reports, trucks are en route to Mangalore to move the rescued horses to higher ground.
According to 10 News, at least a dozen horses are still trapped on the property due to the flooding.
The thoroughbreds’ owners are frantically attempting to save them by herding them out of the water and into a boat.
They have requested additional boats, lifejackets, rugs, blankets, and hands in order to save the horses.
After a week of torrential rainfall, Melbourne and central Victoria are being devastated by rising floodwaters.
Rochester, Wedderburn, Maribyrnong in Melbourne’s inner city, Benalla, and Carisbrook have been issued evacuation orders.
More than 450 properties in Rochester are anticipated to be affected when the Campaspe River reaches its highest point.
The Victorian SES warned that the town’s flooding could resemble that of 2011, when 80 percent of the municipality and neighboring rural regions were swamped.
On Friday morning, residents in Seymour, which is approximately one hour north of Melbourne, were informed that it is too late to escape. At the Wedderburn Hall, a relief center has opened.
Victoria has issued evacuation orders for the districts of Wedderburn, Maribyrnong in Melbourne’s inner city, Benalla, Carisbrook, and Rochester.
Northern Victoria’s little rural hamlet of Rochester has been devastated by flooding.
VicEmergency stated, “It is now too late for residents in the region encompassed by the Goulburn River to Redbank Road, the Goulburn Valley Highway to Whiteheads Creek up to the railway line, and the bridge spanning the river to the south to evacuate.”
If you have not evacuated, seek shelter in the highest possible spot.
The same alert has also been issued for areas of low elevation between Benalla and Baddiginnie.
Those unable to evacuate have been instructed to seek refuge on the highest elevation possible and to stock up on food and water.
“Be careful that you may be cut off by floodwaters for an extended period of time,” the advisory warns.
Residents of Rochester, a small town 180 kilometers north of Melbourne, have been advised to leave the area, as the swollen Campaspe River is likely to reach its highest point on Friday morning.
Friday morning, a family’s home in Victoria is seen being inundated by floodwaters.
Additionally, there have been several advisories to migrate to higher ground and avoid flooded areas around the state.
42 suburbs have been deemed vulnerable.
On the list of “at-risk” Melbourne suburbs include Brunswick, Coburg, Fitzroy, and Northcote in the inner-north, and Essendon, Sunshine, Footscray, and Yarraville in the west.
The severe weather warning that was issued for Victoria has been canceled by the Bureau of Meteorology. There may be some respite on the horizon for residents of Victoria.
Friday may bring scattered showers to the state’s southern and mountain regions, although the rainy weather has generally subsided.
However, Andrew Crisp, Victoria’s emergency management commissioner, has warned that the state’s flood risk will persist beyond today and even this weekend.
The state is witnessing a ‘campaign flood event,’ he told 3AW’s Neil Mitchell, so “we’re in this for a while.”
“Another low is forming, so we’ll likely experience this weather next Wednesday/Thursday,” he informed Mitchell.