Ten years after Victoria’s wettest January, some flood-prone towns are still at risk

Flood-prone communities in central Victoria say inaction and mismanagement from local authorities has left them without protection from the next disaster.

Extraordinary tropical moisture and persistent low pressure systems brought Victoria its wettest January on record in 2011.

With it came a torrent of water that flooded more than 100 towns, sweeping through homes and businesses and destroying swathes of pasture and livestock.

“We’d seen the creek flood before,” said Ian Boucher, the CFA captain in Carisbrook,…