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The Lorne caravan park will be closed for weeks after record-breaking rains turned into "terrifying" floodwaters, sweeping cars into the ocean and inundating holiday parks along Victoria's Great Ocean Road.
Regional Victoria has been hit by another crisis, with severe flooding hammering coastal holiday spots only days after bushfires forced tourists into evacuation centres.
Great Ocean Road ticked boxes; 100 per cent mobile coverage, 4.81 hospitals per 100 kilometres, and the same density of rest stops.
Record-breaking rain fell on popular holiday towns in the space of a mere few hours on Thursday, triggering flash flooding that swept away cars, caravans and tents. Here's what we know about the intense rain system.
Dramatic footage has revealed the extent of Victoria’s chaotic flash flooding as multiple people were flown out of flooded rivers, including a man who was hiking from a hilltop and another elderly man with his dog.
Hundreds of people have evacuated a major camping ground in Australia after a severe thunderstorm caused flash flooding at Wye River in Victoria, closed a major scenic tourism road and washed cars out to sea.