Drenched alpaca sums up this week's weather
Just look at that face. It is in equal parts adorable and miserable.
The alpaca in the image below was photographed on its partially flooded property at Able Stables in Pipers Brook, northern Tasmania, about 45 minutes north of Launceston.
Image: We feel your pain, mate. Souce: @stables.able via Instagram.
This property is located in just one of the areas – primarily in Victoria and northern Tas – that has seen persistent and extremely heavy rain in the past two-to-three days.
As at 5:15 am on Friday, some of the totals for this entire event at Tasmanian weather stations have been staggering. For example:
- Great Lake East: 398 mm
- Lake Mackenzie 320 mm
- Fisher River 312 mm
For those wondering about the alpaca's welfare on a property which appears to have experienced minor flooding, the owners assure us that he has free-range access to the entire property including stables, so he has been able to stay above the soggiest low-lying areas.
"Also he had a warm breakfast, has unlimited hay and is dry at his skin," they assured us.
So it's all good in the alpaca's world, but unfortunately, we can't say the same for much of the human population of northern Tasmania and large parts of Victoria which are still underwater this morning, even though the heaviest rain has now passed through.
The images below are of the river that flows through the small town of Forth, just west of Devonport.
The Forth River flooded overnight...
— Jacqueline M 📸ðŸ�¦ðŸ�¾ (@jacket1962) October 13, 2022
Not as damaging as the 2016 floods. But even so 😞
Forth River | Pumping Station Rd | Tasmania#tasweather #tasfloods #tasfloods2022 #weather #weatherevent #floods #Tasmania pic.twitter.com/sORyNvZKIi
As we wrote last night, a huge area of Victoria has also been inundated by floodwaters, after one of the most significant and widespread deluges the state has seen in years.
Well over 200 road closures are still in place, so please check the VicTraffic site for the latest info or click here for the latest Tasmanian road closures info.
Please also check our warnings page to view the latest flood warnings for all states.
Meanwhile showers persist in parts of Tasmania and Victoria today in a cooler southwesterly stream in the wake of a cold front that moved through overnight, and there are even some light snow flurries at the highest elevations of the Victorian Alps. But a general clearing trend will set in over both states in coming days.