Australia flood evacuation

Homes were flooded in Melbourne and other cities in Australia's southeast on Friday and the water level of rivers are expected to remain dangerously high for days.

Melbourne is Australia's second-most populous city with 5 million people.The Victoria State Emergency Service said on Friday it had carried out 108 flood rescues in the past 48 hours.About 500 homes in Victoria were flooded and another 500 had been isolated by floodwater, officials said.

About 3,500 homes were without power.Officials have said that complacency was the main reason for people getting into trouble.Evacuation orders were also in place for the town of Rochester on the Campaspe River, north of Melbourne, and the central Victorian towns of Carisbrook and Seymour on the Goulburn River.