Victoria floods: nervous night in Shepparton but Goulburn River peaks lower than expected

Greater Shepparton area remains on high alert as river expected to stay at major flood level for days and thousands of properties isolated

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When Carol Adams went to bed on Sunday night at her home in Shepparton North, she wasn't sure if she would wake to flood waters breaching the sandbags lining her driveway.

I didn't go to sleep until 4am," she said. I couldn't go anywhere, where am I going to go? I've got a dog, and four cats, and my brother-in-law out the back."

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