Victoria floods: Shepparton and Mooroopna ‘too late to leave’ as man found dead in Rochester backyard

Parishioners clean up outside the Ethiopian Orthodox Church in Maribyrnong. Homes in Melbourne’s inner west have been inundated after the Maribyrnong River broke its banks. Photograph: Chris Hopkins/The Guardian

The emergency flood situation in Victoria’s north has intensified as authorities warn it is “too late to leave” for many.

Evacuation alerts have been upgraded for Shepparton, Orrvale, Kialla West and Mooroopna to reflect it is too late for residents to leave those areas.