Estuary event details
Estuary Powlett River Estuary
Region West Gippsland CMA
Event type Weather Event
Date and time 16 August 2022 08:00am
Description

After heavy rains (60mm+) over the weekend in a saturated catchments cause peak flows of 8500ML/day at D/S Powlett/Foster Confluence. This reached the estuary yesterday and caused estuary water levels to peak at 2.44mAHD and the estuary to be flushed out with freshwater. Mouth of Powlett Rd was flooded. 1st photo taken from social media and was taken on August 17 after water levels began to subside.

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