The Murray River at Wentworth is likely to exceed the moderate flood level on Monday. The river level may exceed the moderate flood level from November 21 to 25 and may reach the major flood level about the end of the month. Vic Emergency said the Murray River at the Mildura Weir might exceed the minor flood level of 36m on Monday. "We just need to be kind to one another because everyone is going to be under a hell of a lot of stress for the next few months."Īt a Mildura emergency community meeting held late on Sunday, community members expressed concerns about how Mildura would be affected by waters coming downstream. "We have stone-fruit growers in Piangil that have got early stone fruit, they are having trouble getting tractors in," she said. Ms Benham said there would be flow-on effects from the flooding and urged people to be kind to each other. "You can understand why from seeing water where it is not supposed to be and the river where it is not meant to be." now they are kind of going to alarmed," she said. "People are moving from 'we are being alert but not alarmed'. Ms Benham said she understood why people were starting to become alarmed. "They have just never seen it creep up as high as it is now on the Euston side." "There are a couple other people on the NSW side that are saying that as well," she said.
Ms Benham said her husband, who grew up in Robinvale, said he had "never seen water like it before". Vic Emergency said the flows, combined with flows from the Murray and Edwards rivers, were likely to cause major flooding at Wakool Junction. The flood warnings have been issued due to significant breakout flows from Torrumbarry that spilled into the Wakool River. Ms Benham said she had spoken to some people in outlying areas, whose homes were already cut off due to water levels. "As far as the Robinvale township itself is concerned, everything should be OK, the levees have been inspected and everything should be OK but it’s the outlying areas, particularly the NSW side, as that is where the water flows to most," she said. Ms Benham said she was on her way to help fill sandbags at a working bee in Boundary Bend on Sunday, as the town aimed to protect itself from the incoming flood waters. "We have had plenty of time to plan and prepare, but I think even after the flood briefing we had in Robinvale last week, it has come on quicker than they thought it would." "I think it has come along a lot quicker than we thought because of events that have happened upstream," she said. Robinvale-based Swan Hill councillor Jade Benham said water levels were originally predicted to peak on Wednesday, but had risen a lot quicker than the town expected. The Murray River at Euston was predicted to exceed the minor flood level early this week, but could reach a moderate level from November 12 to 16 and a major level from November 18 to 22.
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