( more rain water going out to sea because part term premier Brumby failed to plan )
VICTORIA'S State Emergency Service has warned of possible widespread weekend flooding in the Gippsland region.
The warning, issued tonight, follows the Bureau of Meteorology's forecast of heavy rain across the weekend in eastern Victoria, coupled with strong winds over most of the state's south.
The Gippsland region, stretches from Melbourne's south-eastern outskirts to the Victoria/NSW border, south of the Great Diving Range.
Many of its major rivers converge on the Gippsland Lakes, Australia's largest inland waterway.
Its catchment, which includes the Latrobe, Mitchell, Thomson and Tambo rivers, has been hit hard by floods in recent years
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