Farmers are starting to count their losses after flooding caused significant damage to crops and forced the evacuation of several towns.
A Watch and Act warning is in place for Mount Sheila in the Shire of Ashburton, WA. Keep up to date withResidents in some communities will return home todayFlooding could continue at Wangaratta for days
Some residents and landowners have already been able to access their properties and one farmer has tallied more than $4 million in losses. "That's as it stands at the moment — obviously after the floodwater recedes we'd be able to determine a bit more," Mr Flanagan said. "We've got 400 trees — we were just about to plant of persimmons, the ground was all ready," he said.'Rose very quickly'
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