Hume Region Community Update letter brings information about the current situation about rivers and flood levels in Northern Victoria, Shepparton in particular. Information about donations, hardship payments, translation assistance at relief centres and finding help for mental stress, family and domestic violence situations is also given.
Wellways Shepparton offer free assistance to those who have found the flood experience personally challenging. Free assistance is available to all involved.
Experts say record-breaking floods in Australia are allowing mosquitoes to thrive, increasing the risk of spreading diseases like the Ross River virus, Barmah Forest Virus and Murray Valley Encephalitis.
Mosquitoes need stagnant water. Immature insects emerge from eggs and develop underwater until they become pupae, and then adults. Females require blood before laying eggs and can inject saliva and virus into humans when they bite.
After a flood or heavy rainfall, mosquitoes grow and spread in the pools of water left behind. Mosquitoes can carry diseases and spread it by biting you.
Multi-lingual Advice: When returning to your home after a flood, read this information to protect yourself and your family from possible injury, illness, or disease. This information is in simple, easy to read English. Guidance is given in Arabic, Assyrian, Burmese, Chinese (Simplified), Croatian, Dari, Dinka, Farsi (Persian), Greek, Gujarati, Hazaragi, Italian, Karen, Khmer, Kurdiah, Macedonian, Tamil, Turkish, Vietnamese.
Ambulance Victoria has established a Primary Care Clinic at the Shepparton Showgrounds. No appointment is needed.
Shepparton ICC Incident Controller, Ray Jasper provides an update on the current flood situation today (Monday 24 October 2022) at 3PM.
Shepparton ICC Incident Controller Ray Jasper provides an update on the current flood situation today (Sunday 23 October 2022) at 3PM. Incident Controller, Ray Jasper discusses the current flood situation and what emergencies services are doing including water pumping in Mooroopna and sandbagging in Moira Shire.
Here is the summary on the floods given by the Victorian SES’s chief of operations, Tim Wiebusch, on Sunday, 23 October for Northern Victoria.
Greater Shepparton City Council notifies a community update on Sunday afternoon at 4:30pm. Food relief packs are available, a rubbish disposal update is given, and there is a “how to volunteer” information for those seeking to help with the cleanup. Links are given for flood recovery assistance, the Shepparton Animal Shelter and the Maternal Health Centre.
Powercor gives advice about electrical safety and reconnection in several languages: Arabic, Dari, Hazaragi, Persian, Punjabi. Translations are availble for download.