{"id":400,"date":"2025-10-03T15:09:19","date_gmt":"2025-10-03T05:09:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ken4fitzroynorth.net.au\/?p=400"},"modified":"2025-10-03T15:09:19","modified_gmt":"2025-10-03T05:09:19","slug":"melbourne-water-have-released-their-new-flood-maps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ken4fitzroynorth.net.au\/index.php\/2025\/10\/03\/melbourne-water-have-released-their-new-flood-maps\/","title":{"rendered":"Melbourne Water have released their new flood maps"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Melbourne Water have released their new flood maps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A <a><\/a>lot of Yarra is impacted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This year alone, Council is spending $4 million on Yarra&#8217;s stormwater drains.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But Yarra is over 100 years old and our drains were built for a different time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We have over 100,000 people living here now and we&#8217;re expected to double by 2050.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We&#8217;ll do our best but we&#8217;re facing a future of more and bigger storms from climate change.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We&#8217;re going to need help and investment from State Government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Otherwise YOU could ending up paying more to insure your home from flooding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The new flood map here: <a href=\"https:\/\/l.facebook.com\/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fexperience.arcgis.com%2Fexperience%2F09539148379b45e79ad42747f856668d%3Ffbclid%3DIwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAYnJpZBExWm9OZU9STmR2Mk5GRjBJWAEeo2YQAHsxKkB9ab9Bm9cwMlsyvqpFQKY1FvoRkFdRldXGVjAqMgAW4Hb_vkw_aem_67UrF6KyGD1kF02LtifxeA&amp;h=AT3DC7_1FDR_QuG4FA66wNCvs58VAicVsu7SiLVBmJMebpPPVXWYWG7ONbgG4JFF-nljTc2pNasrHaW25XK5lmxu_WDj1KJFu8rjpur_Yim5F_M039YZvrR4NeJi_CFiyVeSqITka6s-EuVBS3K31dk&amp;__tn__=-UK-R&amp;c[0]=AT1h4MCspYAlxHiGd2l0rs4HeWmTATqVzpg-pxggPTIa35x84Cny3bAHgVUiFRVSJeNymh6fqpy223InwkUHtoBCteIXyNJRZ4wSqFJK7QLFcL8MZoMGWvGkr-UMGZPdpxglQjeE1uGBTyzKuY3OJfEHXzyLiY68c1CaHjwKvLTRFRVVtTeb7kFixMBbGOzrMi28BAHKorWnBeGKzPPAe9rfgFaUyWC4Jy9tj8ua8g\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/experience.arcgis.com\/&#8230;\/09539148379b45e79ad4274&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Melbourne Water info here: <a href=\"https:\/\/l.facebook.com\/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fletstalk.melbournewater.com.au%2Fflood-information%3Ffbclid%3DIwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAYnJpZBExWm9OZU9STmR2Mk5GRjBJWAEeeQzbzQsZpyI5Dt4wYm90UaKBZFBh6j_lI_l0jMTSILMi-U-TAa8Hoh4ofs8_aem_SpMKhZvscK_Pt7YvqVNgxw&amp;h=AT0_iLxQFtpGLh_4VPrBkuU6tPutUmOLLyjpxyJQvN9UfJjeJVr1kgaM1TP9daZqYOLHIJD7cuG2jQAdzGLMMNisa8TQBQ7eyPtKVPNz5YfjdSkjvXH_GmnZL_-O0ZnpA4rLGlWpnm4C4y-Ea9wmyDk&amp;__tn__=-UK-R&amp;c[0]=AT1h4MCspYAlxHiGd2l0rs4HeWmTATqVzpg-pxggPTIa35x84Cny3bAHgVUiFRVSJeNymh6fqpy223InwkUHtoBCteIXyNJRZ4wSqFJK7QLFcL8MZoMGWvGkr-UMGZPdpxglQjeE1uGBTyzKuY3OJfEHXzyLiY68c1CaHjwKvLTRFRVVtTeb7kFixMBbGOzrMi28BAHKorWnBeGKzPPAe9rfgFaUyWC4Jy9tj8ua8g\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/letstalk.melbournewater.com.au\/flood-information<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Councillor Ken Gomez<br><br>(e) kenneth.gomez@yarracity.vic.gov.au<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video height=\"720\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 720 \/ 720;\" width=\"720\" controls src=\"https:\/\/ken4fitzroynorth.net.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Melb-Flood-Map-720-H264.mov\"><\/video><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Melbourne Water have released their new flood maps. 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