BREAKING: People living near a Victorian creek have been told to evacuate immediately as floodwaters rise rapidly.
Emergency Management Victoria issued the alert about 10.30am on Thursday for anybody living, working and holidaying in the Traralgon Creek area in Gippsland.
It comes after a night of destructive winds and heavy rainfall battered the state, leaving thousands of Victorians without power and hundreds of trees across roads, power lines and homes. Anybody living, working and holidaying in the Traralgon Creek area in Gippsland must evacuate. Picture: Siobhan Mckenna/TwitterAn evacuation order has been issued for those who live, work, or are holidaying in the Traralgon Creek area on June 10, 2021, due to floodwaters rising rapidly.
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