Melbourne homes flooded as city shivers through cold snap

A home has been flooded with water after a dam burst in Melbourne’s north this afternoon, as the city shivers through a brutal cold snap.

SES were called to Central Park Avenue, Craigieburn, around 3pm after reports a dam near the street had failed.

One home’s loungeroom has been flooded after water came gushing through the front door.

Several other properties have also experienced flash-flooding in their backyards, the SES said.

Another home in the nearby suburb of Westmeadows has also been inundated, with water shown gushing from the front of the property.

The flooding comes amid the city’s wettest day of winter so far, with five millimetres falling in the city gauge overnight.

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Showers, cold winds, small hail and thunder! Today's miserable weather is brought to you by the low over eastern Bass Strait. The best part of #Victoria today is over the northwest - still cool and breezy but dry. Check out the current radar at http://ow.ly/Zulg50hJ6A2 

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VicRoads have warned drivers across the state to take care on the roads as a result of low visibility.

Showers are expected to continue this afternoon and tonight, before clearing later tomorrow.

Temperatures will also be a touch greater than the maximum of 13 degrees today, with a  top of 14 degrees forecast.