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CCTV captures Traralgon underground carpark filling with floodwater

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VideoCCTV of mantra carpark flooding in Victoria

An amazing video has captured a Victorian underground carpark filling with water at frightening speed as the State reels from widespread flooding.

The CCTV footage was taken in Traralgon, in the state’s East, on Thursday morning.

Watch the time-lapse in the video player above

A huge storm and wild winds has left tens of thousands of homes without power in the Gippsland region.

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Emergency authorities were strongly recommending residents, workers and holidaymakers near Traralgon Creek evacuate.

The carpark starts completely dry.
Camera IconThe carpark starts completely dry. Credit: 7NEWS/supplied

The time lapse video shows the water beginning to seep into the carpark at 7.11am.

By 7.20am the enclosed space is half filled with dark brown floodwater and five minutes later it is completely submerged.

The force of the floodwater was strong enough to float a four-wheel drive ute to the roof of the carpark.

There are other active major flood warnings across the West Gippsland catchment including the Avon, Macalister and Latrobe rivers.

Those already in a safe place are urged to stay put for the next 48 to 72 hours, when most of the flooding is expected to move through communities.

Here comes the floodwater.
Camera IconHere comes the floodwater. Credit: 7NEWS/supplied

Authorities are pleading with locals not to drive through floodwaters.

The State Emergency Service responded to a record 6000 calls for assistance over a 24-hour period.

It is expected to take days for the SES to clear the backlog, while tens of thousands of Victorian customers also remain without power.

Two SES members were taken to hospital with non-life threatening injuries after separate tree-related incidents.

The carpark is completely submerged.
Camera IconThe carpark is completely submerged. Credit: 7NEWS/supplied

Apart from the Gippsland flooding, wild winds also hit parts of Melbourne, the Dandenongs and the central highlands.

Winds reached speeds up to 119km/h in mountain areas and 104km/h in Melbourne.

Sydney also shivered through its coldest day in 25 years on Thursday as the cold front affected much of the eastern seaboard.

The cold air mass that blew in from Antarctica, sent temperatures plummeting and caused widespread snowfalls all the way up to the Queensland border.

With AAP

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