The Princes Highway has been completely reopened in East Gippsland after closing earlier today because of severe weather damage.
Department of Transport spokesperson Chris Miller said traffic was still slow along the reopened part of the road with the department advising people not to travel unless absolutely necessary.
Mr Miller says there are still more than 20 roads managed by the department of transport closed across East Gippsland.
"It's all hands on deck for us all staff that are available are out working to clear the roads dealing with fallen trees dealing with eight separate land slips, and also a lot of flooded and damaged road surfaces, Mr Miller said.
SES incident controller Dianna Bately says crews from VicRoads have been assessing the roads since first light this morning.
"VicRoads is working exceptionally hard to get this highway reopened," she said.
East Gippsland Shire Council Mayor and Marlo resident Mark Reeves urged residents to stay put.
"Let the emergency services do their work, without getting in the way or creating additional work for them, that would be the main message," he said.
He said he felt confident his community would heed the advice.
"Residents of East Gippsland are used to these issues, they're used to emergencies, and they get it."
Marlo to remain without power until tomorrow
AusNet Services has confirmed there were still 802 customers in Gippsland without power most of them in Marlo and surrounding towns.
AusNet Services spokeswoman Karen Winsbury says there are two different faults causing power outages in the Marlo area, one is being worked on today but the other cannot be accessed until floodwaters recede.
"Once we get on the ground we'll know more about how long it will take," Ms Winsbury said.
The spokeswoman said at this point customers in the Marlo area should expect to have power back on at around 5 o'clock tomorrow afternoon.
Flood warnings downgraded
Many of the regions rivers have peaked and the Bureau of Meteorology has downgraded all previous major flood warnings to minor or moderate warnings.
SES incident controller Matthew Taranto said volunteers responded to 65 calls for help overnight.
"We did have some flooding activity in and around Lakes Entrance overnight, which saw SES crews work with local government with some sandbagging around some properties, but we didn't see any inundation of those properties," he said.
Wildlife also fled to higher ground
Tony Brindley, a farmer on the Wallagaraugh River said several kangaroos had been harbouring on his balcony.
"We've had a lot of kangaroos come up to the house, jumping around on the balcony, literally," he said.
