Echuca residents are facing the worst flooding event in their town for more than 30 years, as water reaches its peak.
The Murray River reached a height of 94.8 metres above sea level on Saturday at Echuca and Moama, exceeding the 94.77m it reached in the 1993 floods that devastated the towns. It then continued its slow and steady rise.
Evacuation warnings were issued for the town and its surrounds, but many residents stayed behind to protect their homes and each other.
