Residents in flood-hit parts of Tasmania face an anxious wait for rivers to subside before they're allowed to begin the bleak task of assessing the damage.
An evacuation order remains in place along the Meander River in the northwest after widespread record-breaking rain across the state's top half spanning days.
A dozen other areas are under watch-and-act alerts, including the Mersey River, River Ouse, and South Esk River.
