Evacuation Order as Flooding Hits Australia’s Southern Most State

Kentish SES volunteer Maxine Douce monitors water level at a bridge on Dowbiggin Street in Railton, Tasmania, Thursday, October 13, 2022. Heavy rain that began on Wednesday night is expected to continue into Friday morning across the northern half of the island state. AAP Image/Phillip Biggs

People in parts of northwest Tasmania have been ordered to evacuate as rivers rise, potentially to levels comparable to deadly flooding six years ago.

Heavy rain across the northern half of the island state began on Wednesday night and is not expected to ease until early Friday morning.