A man s body has been discovered in floodwaters in Victoria amid one of the worst storms to hit the state in decades - as a quarter of a million homes remain without power.
Cars were pushed to the roof of the underground garage in Traralgon, in the state s Gippsland region around 7am on Thursday when the complex was suddenly flooded.
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An evacuation order for a Latrobe Valley town inundated by floodwater has now been lifted, but more than 110,000 homes across Victoria are still without power as the clean-up from wild weather on Thursday continues.
Major flood warnings from VicEmergency are still current for the Yarra River from Millgrove to Coldstream and for the Thomson River from the Cowwarr Weir to Wandocka in the state’s east.
Six-year-old Mirrah looks at the damage after three huge trees landed on the roof of the Monbulk Aquatic Centre.
Credit:Jason South
Schools are set to re-open in metropolitan Melbourne on Friday following the easing of coronavirus restrictions. However, several primary and secondary schools, as well as kindergartens in towns such as Frankston, Healesville, Kyneton and Trentham, have been closed due to the severe weather, according to the Department of Education.
As tens of thousands of customers in the state remained without power on Thursday night, the Bureau of Meteorology warned more rain would fall in Gippsland on Friday.