Cities have been hit by raging waters with 8,000 homes left underwater in Australia.
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese visited flood-hit parts of Victoria state, including the city of Melbourne, as three states continued to grapple with a flood crisis sparked by days of heavy rain.
Warnings were current for flood-impacted parts of Victoria, southern New South Wales and northern regions of Tasmania after a weather system earlier this week dumped more than a month's worth of rain on the southeast.
