Dramatic moment dozens of cars are swept out to SEA as horror flash floods hit Australia leaving thousands without power

THIS is the dramatic moment dozens of cars are swept out to sea in terrifying flash floods which have wreaked havoc through Australia. Shocking footage shows locals watching on as cars are carried away in a current of muddy deluge with thousands left without power. Several cars can be seen being thrashed around with others left upside down trapped by a bridge as floodwater smashes into them. The horror scenes have torn through Australia’s Victoria state. Great Ocean Road has been heavily impacted and was forced to close after a storm sparked the floods and cut power to thousands. Elsewhere, mobile homes in the popular tourist destination were left covered in dirt and debris. Red more about Australia Hundreds of people have since been evacuated from the camp site with rescue teams working around the clock to pull people from their vehicles. An emergency warning is currently in place for the Wye, Kennett and Cumberland rivers after thunderstorms deposited more than 170mm of rain on the area on Thursday afternoon. Residents have been urged to move inside and avoid opening any doors or windows until the floodwaters pass. It is thought 6,500 homes have been plunged into darkness as they wait for power to be restored. Most read in The US Sun Transport Victoria warned in a statement: “Conditions are changing rapidly and are dangerous.” Victoria’s Premier, Jacinta Allan, said the footage was “terrifying” to watch. “I’m thinking of the community and the campers along the Great Ocean Road tonight,” she said in a statement. Patrice Capogreco - who was camping with her two daughters when the flooding hit - said: “We secured our site last night knowing there was a lot of rain coming, but not the extent of it. “I heard someone say ‘there’s trees falling down’, unzipped the front door and things were floating in this really big river which is usually just grass. At this point, Capogreco’s 12-year-old daughter began to scream. “I just started yelling ‘get out, everyone has to get out’,” she said. “My other daughter, 17, was in a tent with friends beside us, and I was banging on the doors saying ‘we’ve got to go’.” After realising they wouldn’t be able to get away in a vehicle, they quickly climbed to high ground. By later that afternoon as many as 500 people had joined them. “It’s pretty full on here, people are trying to find family members, it’s really scary,” Capogreco said. “We’ve lost everything, you can see caravans and cars floating away, it’s just heartbreaking, strangers are hugging strangers.” The distressed mother then pointed out how much worse things could have been. “We received emergency notifications [on our phones] after it was too late,” she said. “They came 30 minutes after we evacuated. We definitely had no warning. “We needed clear communication. What if this had been at night? We would have drowned, the water came so quick.” This comes only days after the Great Ocean Road was closed due to...

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