Homes inundated by swollen rivers in Australian floods

A woman is rescued from floodwater in Melbourne, Australia’s suburb of Maribyrnong (AAP via AP)

Homes have been flooded in Melbourne and other cities in Australia’s south-east, with rivers forecast to remain dangerously high for days.

About 70 residents were told to leave the suburb of Maribyrnong in Melbourne’s north-west, along with hundreds in the Victoria state cities of Benalla and Wedderburn, authorities said.