By Micheal Chukwuebuka, Reporting
HUNDREDS of families, on Monday Jan. 8, 2024, were ordered to evacuate their homes after flooding deluged parts of Victoria state, as wild weather continues to batter Australia’s southeast.
Stonix News reliably gathered that the issue was ordered for badly hit areas in the small towns of Seymour and Yea, about 70 miles north of Melbourne.
Authorities told residents and tourists to leave immediately as floodwaters rose to dangerous levels.
According to Victoria State of Emergency Services, 38 people were rescued from flooding and almost 1,000 calls were made for help.
ABC News reported that rainfall in the northeast of Victoria was expected to reach more than 200 millimeters (7.88 inches).
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.
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