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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Nino Bucci

‘Roaring like the ocean’: campers survey aftermath of Victorian flash flood that left two dead

The Buchan Caves reserve camp site in regional Victoria was flooded on Boxing Day.
Belongings lie strewn beside the road after a flash flood inundated the Buchan Caves Campground in regional Victoria on Boxing Day. Photograph: Nino Bucci/The Guardian

Holidaymakers have described the terrifying moment a wall of water inundated a popular campsite in regional Victoria on Boxing Day, leaving two people dead and millions of dollars worth of damage.

Those who were at the Buchan Caves Campground, about 350km east of Melbourne, said the usually sedate Spring Creek that flows through the reserve became engorged without warning on Tuesday, before sweeping away tents and caravans.

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