Hundreds evacuate homes after flooding in south-east Australia

Farm land was flooded near Bendigo, Australia, AAP Image via AP)

Hundreds of people have been ordered to evacuate their homes after flooding inundated parts of Victoria state, as wild weather continues to batter Australia’s south-east.

The issue was ordered for badly-hit areas in the small towns of Seymour and Yea, about 70 miles north of Melbourne.