(Can these Victorian
floods be attributed directly to climate change? Most definitely not, but
likelihood of such events, along with their intensity and frequency increases
as the equilibrium of our atmosphere becomes further unbalanced – Robert McLean)
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| Floodwaters creep towards the Glenelg Inn. |
Floodwaters inundated a small Victorian town in
the state's west on Saturday night, forcing a household to evacuate.
The Glenelg River at Casterton reached major flood levels
overnight on Saturday and into Sunday, rising from 5.63 metres at 6.30pm to
6.10 metres about 4am.
State Emergency Service media officer Bruce Farquharson said the water level had
barely dropped since its overnight peak.
"It's
been hanging on pretty well, it's only dropped two centimetres since
then," he on Sunday morning
Read the story in today’s Melbourne Age - “Floodwaters inundate small Victorian town of Casterton.”
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