Victoria floods
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Flood warnings downgraded in state’s north after drenching
Mildura in Victoria’s north recorded almost half its usual annual rainfall total since Saturday.
- Cassandra Morgan and Gemma Grant
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Victoria weather as it happened: Delays at Melbourne airport after deluge, widespread power outages, building damage, roads flooded; Person escapes injury after tree falls on car in Bendigo
Keep up to date with all the latest as the downpour hits the city.
- Alexander Darling
Mass flood warnings issued as Victoria braces for thunderstorms, pouring rain
The Yarra and Maribyrnong rivers are among those which could flood due to an intense downpour that has been forecast.
- Angus Delaney
Cars hauled back to land after being swept out to sea by flash floods
The Great Ocean Road was closed as a delicate recovery mission unfolded, one week after flash floods wreaked havoc on campgrounds at the popular holiday destination.
- Benjamin Preiss, Isabel McMillan and Alexander Darling
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Retirees launch class action over ‘rushed and flawed’ flood modelling
The legal action alleges the Rivervue Retirement Village never would have been inundated by the Maribyrnong River in 2022 if Melbourne Water had done its job.
- Rachel Eddie
Victoria Police aviation assets assists with flash flooding along Great Ocean Road
Victoria Police officers in the Rescue Coordination Centre (RCC) in Williamstown coordinated five aviation assets in the air at once in response to flash flooding along the Great Ocean Road on January 15, 2026.
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‘The house collapsed behind them’: The last-minute rescue of a stranded family
Drought settled on Victoria during World War II. Then came fires and finally, the Big Flood, stranding a little family. As Tony Wright recounts, no one was about to let them drown.
- Tony Wright
‘Avoidable failures’: Government defies watchdog on compensation for flood victims
Residents in one of the worst hit areas of Melbourne’s 2022 floods should get compensation, the Victorian Ombudsman has said in a scathing review.
- Clay Lucas
Hail, flash floods: Wild start to summer ahead after tropical storm lashes Melbourne
The first weekend of summer in Victoria will bring heavy rainfall, damaging winds and large hail.
- Cassandra Morgan
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‘Remain vigilant’: Severe weather warnings still active across Victoria
Emergency services warned Victorians to remain on alert on Wednesday night after wild weather lashed the state and rain deluged south-east Melbourne.
- Cassandra Morgan and Gemma Grant