{"id":10746,"date":"2026-01-12T11:51:46","date_gmt":"2026-01-12T00:51:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ses.tas.gov.au\/?page_id=10746"},"modified":"2026-06-26T17:39:15","modified_gmt":"2026-06-26T07:39:15","slug":"latrobe-and-surrounds-flood-guide","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ses.tas.gov.au\/ms\/flood-plan\/latrobe-and-surrounds-flood-guide\/","title":{"rendered":"Panduan banjir Latrobe dan kawasan sekitarnya"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Riverine flooding information for the lower Mersey River and Kings Creek<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Version 1.1 January 2026 &#8211; see <a href=\"https:\/\/d2tv960yzi0spr.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/2026\/06\/6.2-Latrobe-Flood-Community-Guide-v1.0-January-2026-FINAL-A25-436301.pdf\">PDF version<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"929\" height=\"653\" src=\"https:\/\/d2tv960yzi0spr.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Latrobe-2PC_1PC_0_pt5PC-Riverine-flood-extents-rotated.jpg\" alt=\"Latrobe flood map showing 2% AEP, 1% AEP and 0.5% AEP.\" class=\"wp-image-10747\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d2tv960yzi0spr.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Latrobe-2PC_1PC_0_pt5PC-Riverine-flood-extents-rotated.jpg 929w, https:\/\/d2tv960yzi0spr.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Latrobe-2PC_1PC_0_pt5PC-Riverine-flood-extents-300x211.jpg 300w, https:\/\/d2tv960yzi0spr.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Latrobe-2PC_1PC_0_pt5PC-Riverine-flood-extents-768x540.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 929px) 100vw, 929px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Untuk melihat peta dengan lebih terperinci,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ses.tas.gov.au\/ms\/floodmaps\/\">lihat Peta Banjir Strategik Tasmania<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Latrobe and surrounds are likely to be impacted by flooding at the Mersey River and Kings Creek.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>If there is heavy rain upstream in the Mersey River, flood waters may reach and impact Latrobe.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>If there is heavy rain over Latrobe itself, Kings Creek and other stormwater can also cause local flash flooding.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>To help reduce flooding in the town, a flood levee and diversion system have recently been built. These are designed to lower the flood risk in parts of Latrobe. Areas inside the levee mitigated areas are expected to flood less often or not as deeply as before.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, levees are not guaranteed to stop all flooding. SES recommends people evacuate levee protected areas in major flood events. Major flooding could see the levee overtop or fail. Major flooding has a 2% chance (2% Annual Exceedance Probability (AEP) of occurring in any year. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If your property is outside the levee mitigated area, your flood risk has not changed. There is also some uncertainty about how the new infrastructure might affect flooding in other areas nearby. The maps show areas that are likely to be inundated and isolated in a flood.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a major flood, roads in and around Latrobe will be cut before some areas are flooded. If you need to evacuate, you should leave early, before flood waters rise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pergi <a href=\"http:\/\/www.TasALERT.com\">www.TasALERT.com<\/a> atau dengarkan radio tempatan ABC untuk amaran dan nasihat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Air banjir mungkin memencilkan rumah anda selama beberapa hari. Walaupun rumah anda tidak dinaiki air, anda mungkin tidak dapat mengakses bantuan jika diperlukan. Anda harus mempunyai bekalan untuk sekurang-kurangnya tiga hari dan bersedia untuk gangguan bekalan elektrik dan telekomunikasi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Adakah anda berisiko banjir?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Past major flooding events around Latrobe since the construction of hydro-electric dams upstream include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>August 1970 \u2013 This major flood was one of the largest recorded floods of the Mersey River and caused extensive inundation and damage to local businesses.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>March 1977 \u2013 This flood caused 14 homes to be inundated.&nbsp; Flooding was primarily due to flows in Kings Creek, not the Mersey River, so it occurred with much less warning than usual.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>June 2016 \u2013 Highest recorded flood at Latrobe.&nbsp; 121 properties were flooded, and there was significant damage to public infrastructure.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>October 2022 \u2013 This flood was similar in scale to the one in 1970, however people were better prepared.&nbsp; Despite widespread inundation, losses were minimised.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Before the dams, there were flooding events in 1884, 1893, 1894, 1923, 1929, 1944 and 1952.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"859\" height=\"606\" src=\"https:\/\/d2tv960yzi0spr.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Latrobe-1PC-levee-mitigated-area-rotated.jpg\" alt=\"Latrobe levee protected area flood map 1% AEP\" class=\"wp-image-10748\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d2tv960yzi0spr.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Latrobe-1PC-levee-mitigated-area-rotated.jpg 859w, https:\/\/d2tv960yzi0spr.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Latrobe-1PC-levee-mitigated-area-300x212.jpg 300w, https:\/\/d2tv960yzi0spr.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Latrobe-1PC-levee-mitigated-area-768x542.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 859px) 100vw, 859px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"889\" height=\"623\" src=\"https:\/\/d2tv960yzi0spr.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Latrobe-west-1PC-Overland-and-Riverine-flood-depth-rotated.jpg\" alt=\"West Latrobe flood map 1% AEP riverine an overland flow\" class=\"wp-image-10751\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d2tv960yzi0spr.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Latrobe-west-1PC-Overland-and-Riverine-flood-depth-rotated.jpg 889w, https:\/\/d2tv960yzi0spr.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Latrobe-west-1PC-Overland-and-Riverine-flood-depth-300x210.jpg 300w, https:\/\/d2tv960yzi0spr.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Latrobe-west-1PC-Overland-and-Riverine-flood-depth-768x538.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 889px) 100vw, 889px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:18px\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"712\" src=\"https:\/\/d2tv960yzi0spr.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Latrobe-1PC-extent-and-isolated-areas-1024x712.jpg\" alt=\"Latrobe 1% AEP flood map and areas likely to be isolated during a major flood event\" class=\"wp-image-10752\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d2tv960yzi0spr.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Latrobe-1PC-extent-and-isolated-areas-1024x712.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/d2tv960yzi0spr.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Latrobe-1PC-extent-and-isolated-areas-300x209.jpg 300w, https:\/\/d2tv960yzi0spr.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Latrobe-1PC-extent-and-isolated-areas-768x534.jpg 768w, https:\/\/d2tv960yzi0spr.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Latrobe-1PC-extent-and-isolated-areas-rotated.jpg 1084w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Riverine flooding information for the lower Mersey River and Kings Creek Version 1.1 January 2026 &#8211; 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