‘It was chaotic’: thousands of homes to be inundated or cut off amid Victorian flood crisis

Former quarantine facility in Mickleham to act as a shelter and more than 100 schools to be closed

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Neha Samar and her family haven't seen their sandbagged Shepparton home since an evacuation notice was issued on Saturday morning.

They were lucky they packed and left quickly. By Sunday, their street was cut off due to floodwaters. Anyone who had decided to stay was trapped. With two young children, she and her husband weren't willing to take risks.