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Southern Australia hit by worst floods in 10 years

“We expect the number of houses (flooded) to increase ... tonight and tomorrow so there could be hundreds more that are affected,” he added.

Some areas had received more than 200 millimeters (eight inches) of rain and the State Emergency Service (SES) said it was the region's worst flooding since the 1990s.

Hundreds of people slept on classroom floors after being evacuated from their homes and the SES said it had received more than 2,000 calls since midnight Saturday.

About 40,000 homes were without power and the sewage system in some towns had also been overloaded, spilling effluent into the surging waters.

Skiers were stranded at mountaintop resorts overnight as the wild weather triggered landslides.

Officials used a new SMS and telephone warning system, developed in response to last year's Black Saturday firestorm, which killed 173 people and razed entire towns in the state.

The Bureau of Meteorology cancelled its severe weather warning as rains eased but said flood warnings remained in place for several areas.

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