‘Unprecedented flows’ as floodwaters approach Australia’s Murray River

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COMMUNITIES between Kerang and Swan Hill will be on high alert in the coming days as floodwaters flow north and reach the Murray River.

As the levee surrounding Kerang held on and the Loddon River began to recede yesterday, the State Emergency Service said the town would be isolated for up to three days after the last road out was closed.

Further east, as Pyramid Creek began to rise, numerous homes along the creek were set to be inundated. The SES warned that most of the rural levees downstream of Kerang would be breached. ...

''Already we are seeing unprecedented flows in the northern parts of our state,'' said SES director of operations Tim Wiebusch. ''We still have a very wide and expansive span of water that is not necessarily going to keep to its natural courses, and we will see that spread right across that northern part from Kerang to Swan Hill, moving into the Little Murray River which comes back into the Murray at Swan Hill.'' ...

‘Unprecedented flows’ as floodwaters approach Australia’s Murray River