Floods continue to devastate Victoria, NSW and Tasmania with residents in northern Victorian cities and towns told it is too late to flee and to beware of rapidly rising waters even as rain stops.
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Carole Rushbrook from Kalorama says the storm has been a source of trauma for her family as she learns to adapt to living without the comfort of electricity.
“Our neighbours have been reading books and we have been having lots of conversations. It’s just the comforts of life we haven’t got. We’re not comfortable,” she said.
“A very large limb from one of our beautiful snow gums came down on Wednesday but the wind was so loud that we didn’t actually hear it. You couldn’t go outside to inspect and there was just debris flying everywhere.”