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City of Greater Shepparton
URL: http://www.greatershepparton.com.au/residents/emergency/floods/floodhistory/
Flood history
Do you remember the May 1974 and October 1993 floods?
The economic cost and personal trauma within the community caused by the 1974 and 1993 floods remind us of the need for a flood management system.
- A flood of the magnitude of May 1974 could be expected to flood 830 houses and effect about 4,000 residential and commercial properties
- Damage caused in 1974 would be in the order of $23 million by today's dollars
- Flood waters cut most major roads into and out of Shepparton and Mooroopna for more than two days
- Property damage suffered by individual residents (repair, replacement & time in cleaning up damage)
- Damage to industrial and commercial properties
- Cost to public authorities of repairing service utilities and road infrastructure.
- Environmental damage through erosion and siltation
- Indirect damage such as loss of business, trauma, stress and worry, both short and long term, suffered by residents.
Flooding in Greater Shepparton
- Can occur from localised heavy rain or from prolonged heavy rain in upstream catchments
- Often catches people by surprise and unsure of what to do.
- Has potential to cause considerable loss and damage in the Greater Shepparton area.
- Will occur again.
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River levels on the Goulburn River, Broken River and Sevens Creek peaked between Monday 6 and Wednesday 8 September 2010 above the major flood level. The peak lasted around 12 to 18 hours.
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