THE Murray River level at Mildura and Wentworth is now higher than that of the 1975 flood, making this event the second biggest on record.

Only the infamous flood of 1956 was higher at these locations, according to official records. The flood of 1870 is considered to have been bigger than the '56 inundation, but it was not accurately recorded.

According to the Bureau of Meteorology, major floodi...