WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT THE TAS FLOODS
MISSING
* Elderly woman missing after her home in Latrobe, near Devonport, was inundated. Her husband was rescued by helicopter through the roof.
* A man in his 80s reportedly swept away by floodwaters near Ouse in the central highlands.
RESCUED
* More than a dozen people in Latrobe and surrounds evacuated by boat, including a family of three rescued from the roof of their car
HOMES AND BUSINESSES
* Newstead, an inner suburb in Launceston, evacuated.
* Evacuation centres open in Devonport, Launceston, Wynyard and Deloraine.
* 3500 homes without power
* Significant livestock losses at dairy farms along the Mersey river
HEALTH
* Avoid all contact with floodwaters where possible, says health department
* Water may be contaminated with sewage, leading to gastro and skin and soft-tissue infections.
* Temporary boil water alert for Conara, Scamander, Wayatinah, National Park, Rocky Creek and Colebrook.
RAIN
* Exceptionally heavy rain in past 36 hours in north
* Six catchments above 200mm in the 24 hours to 9am Monday with Fisher River (278mm) the highest
* Mount Wellington lashed with 68mm on Monday
* The north-east is expected to get another 50 to 100mm on Monday
RIVERS
* Flood watch for all rivers
* Major flood warnings for the Derwent, Mersey, Forth, Meander, North Esk and South Esk rivers.
* Mersey and Forth to peak on Monday afternoon
WAVES
* Swells of up to 8m predicted on north-east coast.
* Coastal erosion possible from Flinders Island to Tasman Island
Sources: Bureau of Meteorology, SES Tasmania, Tasmania Police, Tasmanian government
