ADF to double its assistance to flood victims as Victorian premier warns disaster is ‘far from over’

Evacuation orders are current for Echuca and Barmah on the Murray River, Kerang on the Loddon, and Rochester on the Campaspe

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The Australian Defence Force will double its assistance to flood-affected residents in Victoria, as the state's premier, Daniel Andrews, warns the crisis is far from over" with more rain forecast for the coming days.

We are going to see more rain, we've still got many thousands of people with homes full of water, others who can't go back because they have left and are now cut off from their home," Andrews said on Tuesday afternoon.

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