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Why has it been so hard to predict the Murray River's flood peak in Echuca and Moama?

After a week spent evacuating homes, sandbagging and helping build levees, residents of Echuca, Moama and surrounding communities are close to experiencing a flood peak.

It is now expected to reach its highest point on Sunday or Monday after passing recent records on Saturday.

Over the past week, the forecast peak has been revised and updated a number of times, in some cases removing or adding whole days to the timeline.

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