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Gippsland faces flash flooding threat

Parts of south-east Victoria are bracing for flash flooding, with heavy rain forecast for today.

Residents in west and south Gippsland are being warned that roads and some homes could be inundated, with 30 millimetres of rain predicted to fall in already wet catchments.

Senior forecaster Rod Dickson says residents who were affected by recent flooding should be prepared.

"Rainfall will tend to move eastwards as the low moves eastwards during Sunday and in particular, into Sunday night and Monday," he said.

"I think if we see those sort of falls, they do have the potential to create some minor flooding on the back of the heavy rainfall they've already had."


- ABC

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