Victorians are currently under threat from dangerous flash flooding brought by severe storms which are pelting residents with severe rain and thousands of lightning strikes.
A strong and slow moving low pressure system currently moving across the northwest of the state means intense rainfall which has plagued the state for days will continue to fall on Monday, bringing even more water to already wet environments.
Between 40 and 70mm of rain are likely to fall across the Northern Country, North Central, Central, North East and East Gippsland districts over six hours, including Bendigo, Shepparton, Seymour, Kyneton, Wodonga and Wangaratta.
Intense rainfall has meant that streets have turned to rivers. Photo: Twitter/Sarah McConnell
More than 700,000 lightning strikes were recorded over parts of Victoria...
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