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Time will tell whether the water takes us over. But perhaps the biggest risk is complacency or denial

The time to leave areas of Central Victoria passed on Sunday with emergency crews warning anyone remaining in Shepparton, Orrvale, Mooroopna and Elmore to Rochester to find high ground as flood waters rise.

Victoria has been hit for widespread flooding, with more than 600 homes and businesses inundated and dozens of people rescued fro the rising water.

Victorian authorities warn flooded rivers yet to peak and prepare for one of the largest evacuation operations in the state’s history

Regional communities remain on high alert as flood waters continue to rise and put homes and businesses at risk.

Rain is expected to ease in Victoria but forecasters have urged people to heed warnings as water flows downstream and rivers peak.

ROCHESTER, Minn. — For joints to work well, they need cartilage, a slippery tissue that covers the ends of bones, acts like a shock absorber, and helps joints move smoothly. Joaquin Sanchez-Sotelo, M.D., Ph.D., a Mayo Clinic orthopedic surgeon, says many people lose cartilage as they age, but it does…

Residents in flood-prone areas of Central Victoria are sandbagging properties with the swollen Campaspe, Avoca and Loddon river catchments expected to be areas of deepest concern.

Prude, an unarmed Black man, died after Rochester police put a hood over his head and held him down in March 2020.

‘It would have cost taxpayers even more to litigate, and would have placed a painful toll on our community,’ Mayor Malik Evans says

Rochester officials have agreed to pay $12 million to the children of Daniel Prude, a Black man who died after police held him down until he stopped breathing after encountering him running naked through the snowy streets of the upstate New York city