The Latest Breaking News from Victoria

There have been rescues across Victoria and Tasmania, while thousands of people have been told to evacuate.

Think Victoria and disasters and you’ll think bushfires. But floods can hit – just not as often.

Hundreds of homes in southeast Australia were without power on Thursday and residents filled sandbags as an intense weather system lashed the region, bringing warnings of more heavy rain, damaging winds and flash flooding.

Thousands of homes across Victoria are without power, and Tasmanians are on flood alert as heavy rain lashes south-eastern Australia.

Emergency school closures in Victoria and evacuation centres open in south-east Australia as floodwaters rise.

Emergency warnings issued in Victoria and residents warned to evacuate, as Castlemaine loses power.

There are concerns that casual workers who are not entitled to sick pay will hide symptoms of COVID-19 and continue going to work, now that subsidies for most of them are ending.

Residents in low-lying areas of Central Victoria have been told they are in danger and need to move to higher ground with major flooding expected.

A heavily pregnant woman was killed by another person when she disappeared in Victoria's north more than 13 years ago, a state coroner has found.

'It does put you on edge. I've been here for drills before and this felt different'

As the clock ticked past midnight overnight on Wednesday, Victoria officially left its declared pandemic period behind. For many, it's a sigh of relief, but others are now living in fear as health measures wind back.