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Speaker 1: Your city, Your news. Melbourne's Gold one oh four point

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Speaker 1: three the four o'clock update. Hi, I'm Rachel Storer. At

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Speaker 1: least five hundred homes across Victoria have been inundated and

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Speaker 1: another five hundred cutoff as the state deals with a

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Speaker 1: flooding emergency. Currently in Melbourne, there's a watch and Act

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Speaker 1: alert in place for the Yarra River. It's expected to

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Speaker 1: peak at nine point two meters this afternoon. In Heidelberg,

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Speaker 1: sees crews doing the rounds telling residents to be prepared.

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Speaker 1: A Watch an Act also in place for the Werribee River,

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Speaker 1: and after being woken up before dawn and told to evacuate,

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Speaker 1: some welcome news for residence in Marrabanong. Floodwaters have started

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Speaker 1: to recede after peaking this afternoon at four point two meters.

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Speaker 1: Federal MP Bill shortened leaves not too far away from

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Speaker 1: the evacuation zone. He's told seven emergency crews have done

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Speaker 1: an outstanding job.

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Speaker 2: There's been some sixty on water rescues done by SES boats,

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Speaker 2: which is quite remarkable. The best news is that there's

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Speaker 2: been no loss of life.

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Speaker 1: Meantime. Premier Dan Andrews says victorians impacted by the floods

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Speaker 1: can now apply for disaster payments.

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Speaker 2: Already, there have been some fifteen hundred Victorians who have

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Speaker 2: applied for emergency payments. There are payments of just over

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Speaker 2: two thousand dollars for eligible families, and eligible families are

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Speaker 2: those who are out of their home because of this

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Speaker 2: flood event.