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Update – 2.30pm
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Parts of Challicum Road, Buangor has flooded and are under water.
Update – 2pm
A number of roads across the Stawell and Ararat districts, including roads into Pomonal and Halls Gap, have been closed due to flooding.
VicRoads has announced Granard Park Road, Stawell has been closed.
Pomonal Road has also been closed.
The Ararat-Halls Gap Road has been closed from Barkly Street, Ararat.
Update – 12.15pm
VicRoads has announced the closure of all roads in the Grampians National Park.
Update – 11.30am
Stawell police have advised Halls Gap residents to remain in Halls Gap, with all but one road out of the town closed.
Sergeant Bill Alford said Zumsteins Road and Ararat Halls Gap Road were both at least two foot under water.
“There’s no access to Halls Gap,” he said.
“The only road open is the Dunkeld-Halls Gap Road south of Halls Gap.
“All roads north are inundated.”
Sergeant Alford said police would monitor the situation and liaise with VicRoads.
“I’d advise people to stay in Halls Gap,” he said.
“Stay out of flood water, don’t attempt to drive through it, you don’t know how deep it will be.
“Use common sense.”
Sergeant Alford said there have been no rescues or trapped vehicles.
VicRoads said the road between Stawell Road, Horsham and Stawell-Warracknabeal Road, Deep Lead has reopened with some restrictions in place.
The Western Highway has reopened, but police have urged caution when considering travel.
Update
Mt William has been named the wettest location in Victoria by the Bureau of Meteorology.
The bureau said Mt William had the highest rainfall total in Victoria with 104mm in the past 48 hours.
Other high rainfall areas included Blackwood at 87mm, Maryborough at 78mm and Trentham at 81mm.
The bureau said some parts of Victoria recorded more than their average September rainfall in less than a week.
They said more rain is expected to develop across Victoria at the weekend and again mid next week.
Earlier
State Emergency Service volunteers responded to several incidents following heavy rainfall and flooding on Tuesday night.
A VicRoads alert said the Western Highway was flooded at Glenorchy and motorists should take care.
A section of the highway at Deep Lead has also been closed in both directions.
Seven members of the SES responded to incidents across the Ararat and Stawell districts.
Deputy controller Daniel Benson said trees has fallen across roads.
“There was storm damage and trees down all the way to Beaufort, Wickliffe and Great Western, covering our whole area,” he said.
“Roughly around seven people responded to the incidents.”
Flooding has also been reported at Pomonal, Illawarra on the Halls Gap road and Trawalla east of Beaufort.
Ararat police Sergeant Matt Horan said drivers should take care when approaching flooded roads.
“We ask people to use a common sense approach,” he said.
“Do not cross water in vehicles, drive to the conditions and if it is deep water, you don’t want to put your vehicle in there.
“We cannot say when the flooding will subside but the main thing is common sense and drive to the conditions.”
In Ararat the Aradale Golf Club has been flooded with sections of the fairway under water.
Green Hill Lake has also received heavy flows from the Hopkins River.
