Launceston residents are on tenterhooks as they wait to see how high the South Esk river will peak on Wednesday morning.
While the city did not receive as much rain as the rest of the state, the rivers that run through it are on the receiving end of the floodwaters from the surrounding region.
SBS News reporter Julia Calixto is in Launceston and said residents had been told the river would peak at 10am on Wednesday morning.
"At the moment it is looking calm but everyone is on alert because the South Esk river hasn't peaked and it could peak at any time [up to] 10am," she said.
"The North Esk river is expected to rise as well."
Calixto said residents in the low-lying suburb of Invermay were advised to evacuate at about 5.30pm on Tuesday in anticipation of the rising rivers.
An evacuation warning was also issued for the suburb of Longford but Calixto said it had reportedly been cancelled.
Floodgates were lowered on the Charles Street bridge on Tuesday night as precaution in case the river rose over the bridge.
