Hundreds affected by floods in southeast Australia after heavy storms

Hundreds of people were ordered to evacuate their homes on Monday after flooding inundated parts of Victoria state, as wild weather continues to batter Australia's southeast.

The issue was ordered for badly hit areas in the small towns of Seymour and Yea, about 70 miles (about 113 kilometers) north of Melbourne. Authorities told residents and tourists to leave immediately as floodwaters rose to dangerous levels.