How this brave dog survived 24 hours of terror alone in her family home as it was engulfed in floodwaters

• Staffy survives flooded family home by seeking shelter on top of a table
• Missy the staffy was home alone when the Maribyrnong house became flooded
• She spent 24 hours in the floods before her owners were able to come get her 
• A huge rain dump is set to hit Australia from Sunday before moving to the east

A dog has miraculously survived 24 hours trapped in a flooded home in Victoria by seeking refuge on top of a table.

Missy the staffy was left at home by her owners at 6am on Friday in Maribyrnong.

They thought they would be able to come back before floods invaded their home but were blocked off, leaving Missy stranded and all alone.

On Saturday, her owner Ali Ulfet returned home finding her safe and well, albeit shaken inside the flooded house.

Missy the staffy (pictured) has miraculously survived 24 hours trapped in a flooded home in Maribyrnong, Victoria by seeking refuge on top of a table

‘She’s been here overnight so we’ve come back and grabbed her this morning. Luckily she’s fine. She found a high place to rest and was safe,’ Ulfet told Nine News.

Mr Ulfet said the water was so high Missy would have felt it on her paws as she tried to stay dry on top of the table.

He said while the house had suffered serious flood damage, he is just relived Missy is okay. 

Mr Ulfet and many other Maribyrnong locals are facing a giant clean up as floodwaters start to recede but the relief is set to be short lived with another rain dump on the horizon.

From Sunday another low pressure system and trough is set to hit the country and cause widespread rain and storms – threatening more devastating floods.

 Another low pressure system and trough is set to hit the country causing widespread rain and storms and with it more widespread flooding

Victoria’s flood disaster turned fatal on Saturday as police confirmed a body of a man was found in floodwaters in the backyard of a Rochester home. Pictured SES personnel search floodwaters at Maribyrnong, Melbourne

On Saturday morning, Kevin Willis, 71 (pictured) was named as the first person to die in Victoria’s floods, which have also seen thousands of people evacuate

On Saturday morning, Kevin Willis, 71, was named as the first person to die in Victoria’s floods, which have also seen thousands of people evacuate. 

Now, another 100mm of rainfall is predicted for the eastern states of Australia in the coming days.

The weather office says rain and thunderstorms are already developing in South Australia and inland Queensland and the weather system will bring ‘much more widespread’ rainfall and ‘renewed flooding’ back to the south-east from Wednesday.

The news is particularly troublesome for Victoria with the list of towns facing evacuation orders continuing to grow as major flooding is felt across the state and is expected to last up to six weeks. 

Mr Willis, the first death from the floods, was found in the backyard of his High Street house.

 ‘It is my sad duty to have to confirm that a 71-year-old man has been found deceased in the backyard of his property in Rochester,’ Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews said at a press conference on Saturday.

‘We will stand with that family and all families affected by this but it just brings home for all of us that this is serious, this is potentially very, very dangerous…

‘Hopefully that sends a broader message of just how serious this is and that is why we are all working as hard as we possibly can to make sure people are safe.’

The weather office says rain and thunderstorms are already developing in South Australia and inland Queensland and the weather system will bring ‘much more widespread’ rainfall and ‘renewed flooding’ back to the south-east from Wednesday

Another 100mm of rainfall is predicted for the eastern states of Australia in the coming days

 The list of towns facing evacuation orders in Victoria are continuing to grow as major flooding is felt across the state and is expected to last up to six weeks

Victoria Police issued a statement on Saturday saying, ‘Access to the scene was difficult given the surrounding floodwater, however, emergency services have been able to extract the deceased as well as a woman who was unharmed but trapped at the address.’

The exact circumstances surrounding his death are yet to be determined. 

Hundreds of homes in Rochester were overwhelmed by the flooded Campaspe River, one of dozens of waterways to burst their banks and send northern Victorian towns underwater.

The River at reached a peak of 115.7 AHD on Friday night, which is 300mm above the previous record set in January 2011.

Mr Andrews said 466 properties have been flooded with water above the floorboards and a further 500 are currently isolated. 

He said 344 roads have also been shut due to flooding. 

More than 350 rescues had been carried out in the past 24 hours.

Dan Andrews said 466 properties have been flooded with water above the floorboards and a further 500 are currently isolated 

Mr Andrews said on Saturday 3,000 applications had already been received from Victorians for emergency payments 

Mr Andrews said on Saturday 3,000 applications had already been received from Victorians for emergency payments.

Bureau of Meteorology senior forecaster Jonathan How told Daily Mail Australia Tasmania, Victoria and NSW would only get ‘a few days of reprieve’.

He said a weather system developing ‘will start to produce showers and thunderstorms across South Australia and inland Queensland from Tuesday and then extend to the rest of the east coast from Wednesday to Saturday.’

Swollen rivers across Victoria are expected to bring flooding to the state for up to six weeks. Pictured, Beechworth Woolshed Falls near Wangaratta

Hundreds of homes in Rochester were overwhelmed by the flooded Campaspe River, one of dozens of waterways to burst their banks and send northern Victorian towns underwater

‘This will be much more widespread,’ he warned.

‘So we will see showers all the way from central northern Queensland, down to Tasmania and particularly with this, we will see thunderstorms as well.

‘So expecting widespread falls which could produce renewed flooding for some parts of the south-east and the east.’

Mr How said heaviest rainfall is predicted for south-east Queensland and northern NSW.

He said that region will see between 50 and 100mm of rainfall though further south is still vulnerable to heavy local rainfall likely to come with thunderstorms.

THE WEATHER FORECAST IN YOUR CITY 

SYDNEY

Sunday: Showers increasing. Min 14. Max 22.

Monday: Showers. Min 14. Max 20.

Tuesday: Shower or two. Min 14. Max 21.

Wednesday: Partly cloudy. Min 15. Max 23.

MELBOURNE  

Sunday: Shower or two. Min 10. Max 16.

Monday: Mostly sunny. Min 6. Max 17.

Tuesday: Mostly sunny. Min 6. Max 21.

Wednesday: Mostly sunny. Min 9. Max 23.

PERTH

Sunday: Partly cloudy. Min 9. Max 21.

Monday: Partly cloudy. Min 11. Max 22.

Tuesday: Sunny. Min 9. Max 25.

Wednesday: Mostly sunny. Min 12. Max 31.

ADELAIDE

Sunday: Mostly sunny. Min 8. Max 20.

Monday: Mostly sunny. Min 11. Max 23.

Tuesday: Partly cloudy. Min 15. Max 23.

Wednesday: Shower or two. Min 15. Max 23.

HOBART

Sunday: Partly cloudy Min 4. Max 15.

 Monday:  Shower or two. Min 7. Max 15. 

Tuesday: Partly cloudy. Min 6. Max 20.

Wednesday: Sunny. Min 9. Max. 23.

                                                                                                                                                      CANBERRA

Sunday: Showers increasing. Min 4. Max 19.

Monday: Partly cloudy. Min 7. Max 17.

Tuesday: Cloudy. Min 7. Max 20.

Wednesday: Partly cloudy. Min 9. Max 24.

BRISBANE

Sunday: Shower or two. Min 17. Max 24.

Monday: Showers. Min 17. Max 25.

Tuesday: Shower or two. Min 18. Max 25.

Wednesday: Showers. Min 18. Max 24.

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