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Alan and Leah Wolford s farm worker had to travel some distance in their tractor to find some of the drowned calves.
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Caught between the floodwaters of the Thomson River and Rainbow Creek, both fed from Cowwarr Weir spill, the yearling and autumn-drop heifers on Alan and Leah Wolford’s farm didn’t stand a chance.
Of 50 missing heifers, the family has found 10 all dead and caught with flood debris on neighbours’ farms some of them found kilometres from the paddocks they were grazing.
“I had to get the cows up first. By the time I went back for the young cattle, they were gone,” an emotional Alan Wolford said.
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Massive cracks in the Yallourn coal mine caused by recent flooding have left a multimillion-dollar damage bill as the owner grapples with long-term repair works needed to avert further disruption to the state’s power supply.
Major flooding at Yallourn has drawn comparisons with the nearby former Hazelwood coal mine and power station, where a massive fire in 2014 precipitated the facility’s abrupt closure less than three years later.
Damage to the mine, which was evacuated after recent wild weather, prompted the state government to declare an energy emergency last month.
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Power giant EnergyAustralia confirmed it expects repairs to run to tens of millions of dollars at the Yallourn coal mine. The company is working on short-term measures to seal the cracks that are visible as it seeks a permanent solution to repair the damage.