An emergency warning remains current for Murchison, however at 1pm on Saturday it was too late to leave according to authorities.
Flooding is expected to impact properties in and around Mooroopna late on Saturday night or early Sunday morning.
People located in properties listed below are recommended to evacuate immediately;
– From Cemetery Rd south to Hoggard Dve including Little Rd down to the Echuca Rd around the back of properties on Paisley Crt
– Along the edge of the Conservation Reserve to the power sub-station then along Echuca Rd to Grange St
– South to Macisaac Rd across to Norton Reserve and along Norton Dve around Homewood Dve at the back of Westview Dve to the rear of the Rodney Park Retirement Village to Knight St.
– South across to Jones Drive along the western side of Rodney Park Reserve then across McLennan St to Emma St, Hall St, Daisy St to Lenne St along Stanley St along the rear of properties along Rostrata Cr, following the reserve to Banfield Ave (S/E side).
– Then across to the reserve along the Goulburn river - follow the river north across the highway to Cemetery Rd again.
Options to evacuate include heading to family or friends’ homes located in a safe location, away from flooding.
Relief centres are also open at the McIntosh Centre, Shepparton Showgrounds, Thompson St, Shepparton and at the Ballantyne Centre, 9-19 Hastie St, Tatura.
The safest evacuation route is via the highway east until such time as it is closed then to Tatura via the midland Hwy and the Tatura-Undera Rd - do not drive through floodwater.
For Orrvale, the Broken River level may peak near 8.3 metres on Sunday morning - the major flood level is 7.9 metres.
The following properties have been recommended to evacuate immediately;
– Along Broken River Drive to Archer St down to Oxbow Ave (south side) along the southern edge of Kensington Gardens across to McPhees Rd
– East to Doyles Rd to Orrvale Rd to Prentice Rd across Central Ave up to Channel Rd to Jameson Rd across to Boundary Rd and to the East Goulburn Main Channel.
– Then south to where the Channel meets the No 8 Main Channel then up to River Rd to Trevaskis Rd.
– Across to Doyles Rd continuing across to Archer Rd and into areas including Avon St, Wilgarning Dve, Whitton Ave, Marlboro Dve, Kerang Ave and areas along the Kialla Lakes.
The safest evacuation route is via the Goulburn Valley Hwy; Archer Rd is now closed.
The following properties in Kialla West are also recommended to evacuate immediately;
– Union Rd West from just east of the Goulburn River east onto Union Rd to just east of the Archer Rd south intersection (northern side).
– From the northern end of Archer Rd South east across to Central Kialla Rd across to Trevaskis Rd (includes McKernan Rd west of Trevaskis Rd) to the East Goulburn Main Channel.
– North along the Channel to Irish Creek then northwest to Trevaskis Rd then west to Central Kialla Rd (includes the Kialla Golf Club) then northwest to Mitchell Rd along Seven Creeks to the Shepparton-Seymour Rd.
– Then south down behind the cemetery down to Moira Drive west across to the Goulburn River (includes Moira Park Scout Camp) then east back to the Shepparton-Seymour Rd and to Seven Creeks. South along Seven Creeks to just north of Union Rd then west to No2 Channel.
Properties in the following areas of Shepparton are recommended to evacuate by 6pm.
– From the river along Daldy Rd east to the Barmah-Shepparton Rd then south to the transmission lines crossing the highway then west and south to Wanganui Rd
– Across to Mercury Ct then south on the Numurkah Rd to Halpin Cres; then west up to Furze Ave, along Newton Cres, up to Hicken Cres to Fehey St down to Balaclava Rd across to Cowrie St, up to Alambie St then down to The Blvd; follow The Blvd down to Quinan Pde to the Midland Hwy.
– Down Welsford St to the railway line. North up the railway line to Swallow St then down to Haves St then down Hare St, Sanderson St, Wilmot Rd, Bradford Rd, Palmer Rd to Broken River Drive. Across to the GV Hwy across to forest Rd, down to Settlers Dr and across to the Goulburn River.
– There is also an area bounded by Kitties Rd, the river, Wanganui Rd and west of Kingfisher Dve, Pelican Crt and Curlew Pl that should remain unaffected however they will be isolated by waters to the east and north.
For Echuca, flooding is expected to impact properties surrounding the Campaspe River from this afternoon onwards.
Residents in Echuca Village can expect to be impacted over the coming days.
It is strongly recommended people evacuate in daylight hours.
If required a relief centre is in Bendigo at the Bendigo Showgrounds, Holmes Road Bendigo.If you require assistance with transport to Bendigo, please attend the Echuca South Sport stadium, 244 High Street Echuca.
The safest evacuation route is by Kotta, Lockington, Elmore (Via Elmore Mitiamo Road). Then travel directly to Bendigo via the Midland Highway.
All information on current warnings are available on the Vic Emergency website and app, at emergency.vic.gov.au/respond
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