Ovens River rising to minor flood level

Environment

Jul 29 2025 Updated 10 hours ago

Bailey Zimmermann

ON WATCH: A minor fllod watch was expected to be active on the Ovens River in Wangaratta until Wednesday.

The Ovens River at Wangaratta has been on flood watch since Monday as river heights begin to steady after the weekend downpour.

As of 2pm Tuesday, VICSES issued a minor flood warning indicating it was possible river heights could reach the 11.9m threshold on Tuesday evening into Wednesday.

A 21.9mm downpour with peak wind gusts of 74km/h was recorded at the Bureau of Meteorology’s Wangaratta A...

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