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Today began with the news Victorians had been dreading to hear, the discovery of the body of the young boy who went missing at Kialla near Shepparton. Lachlan Collins' body was found in the billabong off the Goulburn River four metres down.

Flood-affected towns as of 1:45pm 18/1/11

Appin South – Loddon River at major flood but falling, after peaking at 3.5m yesterday afternoon

Arcadia Downs – Goulburn River currently around 10.16m and rising higher than predicted. Now expected to peak at about 10.4m later today

Charlton – Avoca River still at minor flood, below 5.8m, but falling slowly after peaking at 8.05m at 4am on Saturday

List of relief (and recovery) centre locations:

Ararat: Municipal Office, Barkly Street

Ballarat: The Phoenix, 25 Armstrong Street South, Ballarat

Beaufort: 5 Lawrence Street, Beaufort

Boort: Boort Primary School, 13 King Street, Boort

Bridgewater: Bridgewater Hall

Calivil: Calivil Senior Citizens Centre

Clunes: Clunes Health Centre, 69 Service Street, Clunes

Cohuna: Currently Cohuna Recreation Reserve. From midday today (Tues) it will then be moved to Cohuna Secondary College.

Here are some new resource links to assist with the Victorian floods:

Newly set up is Volunteer VIctoria to assist specifically in the floods.

Also on the site is the volunteering registration page.

Contact numbers

• For emergency help in floods and storms call the SES: 132 500
• For life-threatening emergencies call: 000
• The Flood and Storm Information Line can provide updates on 1300 842 737.

Flood information