Record-breaking rain is bearing down on Victoria, with forecasters expecting "major flooding" of all Melbourne's rivers as the state enters "uncharted territory”.
"Half the inhabitants of Melbourne have probably never seen something like this," Scott Williams, senior forecaster at the Bureau of Meteorology said.
"This is a vast, intense, high impact event for this state.”
Tim Wiebush, deputy chief officer of the State Emergency Service, said Victorians should get ready for the rain.
"This a major heavy rainfall event that we haven't seen for quite some time and people need to be alert to the potential for flash flooding and riverine flooding," he said.
Read the story in the Melbourne Age by Anna Prytz and Tom Cowie - “Melbourne weather: Victoria on alert for worst floods in over 20 years.”
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