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"Hundreds of people have evacuated a major camping ground after a severe
thunderstorm caused flash flooding at Wye River, closed a major scenic tourism
road and washed cars out to sea.
An emergency warning was in place for the Wye, Kennett and Cumberland rivers in
the Lorne area in Victoria’s south-west coast after thunderstorms dumped more
than 170mm of rain on the area on Thursday afternoon.
A video posted on social media showed a 4WD being taken by a raging current as
spectators watched from higher ground.
Patrice Capogreco was camping with her two daughters at the BIG4 Wye River
Holiday Park – a few hundred metres from the nearby beach – when the flooding
hit.
Capogreco has been visiting the site for around a decade and has become close
with many of the regular campers. This year, they had an evacuation plan for
bushfires, but they didn’t expect floods."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
