Kerang plays the waiting game as locals prepare for second ‘one-in-100-year flood’ in 11 years

Flooding at the Kerang Caravan and Tourist Park, which is only partly protected by a flood levee. Photograph: Amanda Cove

Kerang’s caravan park stretches beyond the flood levee that was strengthened after the devastating 2011 floods to better protect the northern Victorian town.

On the “protected side”, about 23 of the caravan park’s residents expect they will be shielded from the deluge as the town prepares to be cut off for up to a fortnight due to flood waters expected to peak on Wednesday or Thursday.