Australian Red Cross volunteers were activated to assist, after severe storms and flooding struck parts of Gippsland.
Red Cross manned relief centres for people being evacuated from flooding, where volunteers provided first aid and meals and registered evacuees.
In total more than 110 volunteers were activated to register 360 people, provide more than 50 first aid treatments, accomodate 25 evacuees and serve 4800 meals.
In addition to assisting residents, Red Cross has also been called upon to provide meals to emergency services workers cleaning up after storm damage.
Red Cross has a long history, both internationally and locally, of assisting people affected by emergencies.
Many of the volunteers who are currently active are the same ones that assisted their communities during bushfires earlier this year. At that time, the Australian Red Cross emergency effort ran 24 hours a day.
Department of Human Services The DHS website http://www.dhs.vic.gov.au/ provides advice and contacts for people seeking assistance after the floods in Gippsland.
SES For Emergency Assistance call 132 500 emergencies only. Flood information line for the latest information contact the SES on 1300 842 737 or visit http://www.ses.vic.gov.au/
Media information Alice Crowley 0409 440 344 Laurelle Keough 0407 514 192
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