Victorians are bracing for mammoth downpours anticipated to smash the state at the moment and proceed into tomorrow.
Emergency companies say the “excessive climate occasion” will sweep throughout all of Victoria and warned flash flooding and thunderstorms had been extremely probably.
“We’re planning right here … for what is feasible, we’re planning for in extra of 200mm of rain,” Emergency Administration Commissioner Rick Nugent mentioned on Saturday.
“The intense climate occasion will begin within the north-west and the south-west earlier than transferring throughout via central, north-central and into the east of the state.”
Victorians have been urged to organize, significantly these dwelling in flood-prone areas.
There’s a important risk to individuals in caravan parks or tenting alongside creeks or different waterways.
“It is extremely probably that there shall be flash floods in flood-prone areas,” Nugent mentioned.
“In the event you’re dwelling in a flood-prone space, please make the required plans.”
He added a plea for drivers to keep away from floodwaters: “You are driving a automotive, not a ship.”
A spokesman from the Bureau of the Meteorology mentioned: “We’ll see widespread rain and thunderstorm exercise creating over western elements of the state all through the Sunday morning after which via the remainder of the day.”
The Bureau additionally issued a flood watch warning for many of central and northern Victoria.