Barmah levee breaks, putting 50 properties at risk; 120cm of water pumped out of Mooroopna

“Crews are helping the community property protection, with 55 properties inundated. The good news is the river is about the 7.4m mark, which is lower than the expected 7.6m, which is slightly lower than predicted, but it’s been at that height for 36 hours,” Mr Jasper said.

Across the region, he said water levels were largely beginning to fall, meaning most of the region was facing only minor flooding.

Mr Jasper said authorities had pumped about 120cm of water out of areas of Mooroopna and were aiming for more.

He said four pumps were going “flat out” day and night to pump water out of the streets.

Impact assessment teams in Shepparton and Mooroopna assessed more properties on Monday, with 500 homes suffering above-floorboard inundation across the region.

Mr Jasper said more storms were expected over the coming days, and he urged people to “be vigilant” and careful on the road.

"Please be careful on the roads, we’re down to 95 road closures today but assessment hasn’t been done on the surface of most roads in regards to potholes, we’ve only done assessment on bridges,“ he said.