Flooding of Melbourne retirement village left second world war refugee with PTSD, inquiry hears

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Flooding of Melbourne retirement village left second world war refugee with PTSD, inquiry hears
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About 70 people were displaced and 47 homes in Maribyrnong inundated last October

Stanislaw Korkliniewski, who has lived at the retirement village in Avondale Heights since 2018, said the flooding triggered memories of being displaced after fleeing war-torn Germany in the 1940s.Stanislaw Korkliniewski, who has lived at the retirement village in Avondale Heights since 2018, said the flooding triggered memories of being displaced after fleeing war-torn Germany in the 1940s.

Stanislaw Korkliniewski, who has lived at the retirement village in Avondale Heights since 2018, said the flooding triggered memories of being displaced after fleeing war-torn Germany in the 1940s.Read more Waters told the inquiry that Melbourne Water’s “business as usual approach cannot be allowed to drag on”.

The review recommended Melbourne Water investigate how it came to be satisfied with the reduction of the flood levels and finished floor levels at the Rivervue retirement village under plans endorsed in 2009.On Thursday, Korkliniewski said he received no emergency warnings on the day of the flood and recounted knocking on the doors of residents to alert them to the risk.

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