Large puddles of water lay on the roadside and into several properties on Wood Street in Bundalong.
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Pyke Street was also affected with deep sheets of water laying along the roadside and through properties.
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A number of residents found it difficult to enter or exit their properties with inches of rainwater covering their driveways.
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Front and backyards of several properties as well as roads resembled dams as water lay across surfaces before subsiding.
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Inches of rainwater lay across the entry into Bundalong from the Murray Valley Highway.
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A number of yards in Wilby also disappeared under the inches of rain that fell on Saturday night. Photo: Monica Brewer.
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Areas of Wilby recorded more than 100mm of rain on Saturday night. Photo: Monica Brewer.
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The community is still working together to clear rainwater that flooded several homes and lay dormant in backyards after copping the brunt of the storm cell.
Flooding occurred on several streets and with up to a dozen properties reporting major flood damage.
Many residents who posted their figures on the Bundalong Blurb Facebook page stated they had between 100-146mm in their rain gauges.
The storm formed from the north becoming more severe as it crossed Lake Mulwala. Yarrawonga recorded just 16.8mm but properties further east of the town around Woodlands recorded up to 80mm with Bundalong receiving the most.
Bundalong General Store owners said they recorded 146mm in the 24 hours to 8.30am Sunday.
Bundalong resident and Moira Shire Councillor Peter Elliott who lives on Pyke Street said the heavy rain had woken him up.
“It was a lot of water in such a short time that’s for sure, I recorded 125mm,” Mr Elliott said.
“There are a number of homes that were flooded, many with minor damage and some septic tanks were overflowing.
“The community has banded together offering assistance and we have been pumping as much water as we could down to the river,” he said.
Mr Elliott said the rain event brought back bad memories of 2012 when parts of the town were also flooded.
“Like then it will take several days for the water to move away.”
Mr Elliott said he had spoken to residents affected by the downpour and will prepare a report for council.
Watts in Bundalong Café owner Peter Kibble said issues with flooding after large downpours is nothing new.
“Every rainstorm it is getting progressively higher. The water doesn’t drain from between the café and the general store,” Mr Kibble said.
“The infrastructure in town just isn’t coping and a number of streets are having issues when we receive any substantial amount of rain.
“Pyke Street has the issue that the water just sits there and doesn’t drain. Plentyfish Court into Pasley Street flows then just stops.
“Because the café is at the high end it was ok, and we have never had a gauge here but the six inch marker on the fence is showing just how much rain we had.
“I was lucky with my home as there was around two inches through the shed which has destroyed some things in there but a number of people had water through their homes.
“The individuals and groups that came and assisted in any way including draining water were outstanding and need to be thanked greatly.”
Several road closures occurred in the townships surrounding Yarrawonga Mulwala with traffic diverted away from Bundalong through to Peechelba on Sunday before being reopened Monday morning.
Traffic was also diverted away from Rutherglen with reports of around 125mm recorded while parts of Corowa also recorded 150mm in three hours.
Elsewhere in the region Tungamah recorded around 30mm overnight while parts of Wilby also recorded more than 100mm.
SES Unit Controller Yarrawonga Jason Forber said the SES received a number of calls with most requesting assistance to divert water.
“We actually got quite lucky and were only called out to about 10 jobs, pumping and diverting water. However, we were on the sites for quite a while,” Mr Forber said.
“From midnight until daylight we had a crew sent out to Rutherglen as well as they received a lot of rain too.
“Once people awoke on Sunday and saw the damage, we had a number of calls with crews working until around 9pm to assist with draining of water.”
