Simply after midnight, residents in components of Boorowa close to Cootamundra had been additionally advised to arrange to evacuate because the Boorowa Dam started to flood.
A bit additional south within the Riverina area, residents in Adelong had been advised to evacuate instantly as a result of flash flooding about 1.30am. Residents in Willow Bend had been additionally advised to evacuate at 2.30am, whereas a flood warning was issued for Tamworth about 6.30am on Tuesday.
In Melbourne, it’s forecast to be simply 14 levels with doable hail storms on Tuesday. It can probably be the coldest Melbourne Cup day since 1995, the Bureau of Meteorology mentioned.
Talking on the ABC’s Information Breakfast program, state Greens MP for Melbourne Ellen Sandell mentioned at the moment can be troublesome for the 100 or so folks in Melbourne’s internal northwestern suburbs who final month had their houses flooded whereas the close by Flemington Racecourse remained dry.
“Individuals round right here in Maribyrnong and the place I reside, in Kensington, are nonetheless fairly upset the Flemington Racecourse received to guard their property at the expense of individuals’s houses. 100 folks had their houses flooded, we’ve had a whole bunch extra lose vehicles and different property,” she mentioned.
“And I feel watching revellers come to the Melbourne Cup will probably be fairly onerous for these individuals who misplaced the whole lot.”
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