The threat of flash flooding in parts of Victoria has eased, but many townships are still on high alert. Since Sunday there've been more than 17 hundred calls for help and 52 flood rescues. As a man swam out to rescue a woman trapped in floodwaters. Mitch Smith was praised by Police for helping save a 74-year-old woman who got stuck in the flood when her car swept off the road in Bendigo Creek.