Record rainfall in Victoria causes flash flooding in regional towns, with hundreds calling for help. Melbourne and Gippsland are on alert for more floods. Hail damages local bowls club in Kyneton. Wedderburn residents report floodwater inundating homes. Flood warning remains in place for St Arnaud.
Record rainfall caused flash flooding in several regional towns , hundreds called for help after downpours across Melbourne and large parts of Gippsland were on alert for floods in coming days after what has been one of Victoria’s wettest Christmas Days on record. Storm conditions brought hail to Kyneton in the Macedon Ranges on Christmas Eve, badly damaging a local bowls club . Emergency services responded to 170 calls for help in the Loddon Mallee region overnight to Christmas morning.
A Japan Airlines plane was struck by lightning en route to Melbourne Airport on Sunday. Another airline’s flight from Queenstown to Melbourne was diverted to Hobart due to the storm. In regional Victoria, Wedderburn residents reported floodwater inundating homes as heavy rainfall blocked roads and bought down trees on Christmas Day. Floodwaters were expected to recede in the town, located 217 kilometres north of Melbourne, as conditions eased late on Monday. The flood warning for nearby St Arnaud remained in place on Monday afternoon
Rainfall Flash Flooding Regional Towns Melbourne Gippsland Floods Hail Kyneton Bowls Club Wedderburn Floodwater St Arnaud
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