Australia news live: Tasmania on alert for major flooding as Victoria warned rain could continue eight weeks

Victoria’s rain cycle could last up to eight weeks, emergency services say

Victoria’s emergency management commissioner Andrew Crisp has warned the state’s flood risk won’t end any time soon. He told 3AW Radio:

The bureau are saying we’ll continue to see this cycle over the next six to eight weeks.

If you don’t need to be on the roads today, please don’t be on the roads, because it’s not just about the floods, it’s also about the trees.

He says the state is “in this for a…