HEAVY rain in the North-West has forced evacutions today, including an aged care facility.
Water has cut off roads, isolated properties and caused aged care facilities and small rural hamlets to be evacuated.
Water has inundated homes and business in Railton, Stony Rise, Devonport, Gunns Plains, Nook, Penguin and Cooee.
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The Meander River peaked at three metres and isolated some properties in Bracknell.
By lunchtime, the SES had responded to more than 20 calls for help from residents in Acacia Hills, Sheffield, Penguin and Ridgley about encroaching water.
Penguin's aged care facility, Coroneagh Park, was evacuated while 40 homes around a dam at Riana which was threatening to burst were doorknocked and residents told they could be forced to leave their homes.
Railton's watering hole had become flood-central by lunchtime as workers from the nearby cement works filled up sandbags as water lapped at doors and caused furntiture in some houses to float.
Rae McCormick from the Railton Hotel said she had never witnessed such a volume of water in her 18 years in the town.
``And it is still raining,'' she said.
``We have been told to expect more flooding and for water levels to rise for a while.
``The water is lapping at the door now and in some other people's houses. Luckily my bedroom is upstairs.''
Conditions are expected to ease late this afternoon but not before more flash flooding.
Earlier Tasmania Police reported a dam near Sprent was in danger of overflowing and nearby residents have been told to evacuate.
Floodwaters subsided overnight in the St Helens, Scamander district and the towns have been in clean-up mode this morning.
St Helens is accessible via Pyenghana but the road between it and Scammander will need to be repaired before it is passable.
Police were hoping access to Binalong bay could be restored during low tide today.
The state has been lashed with the same storm front which has hit most of the east coast of Australia.
The heaviest rain has fallen at Lake Mackenzie in the North West with 158mm in the 24 hours to 9am. Yolla had 131mm.
The East Coast tourist town of St Helens was cut off yesterday, with several houses reporting minor flooding.
Ms Sherman said the organisation had received 30 calls for assistance from people on the east coast.
"They did have some more flash flooding overnight but nothing more was inundated," she said.
"They're on more of a clean-up mode and preparing for more rain."
SES regional officer Oliver Breeze said SES and Tasmanian Fire Service personnel were doorknocking residences to assess damage.
The Department of Infrastructure, Energy and Resources and the Break O'Day councils are assessing infrastructure damage.
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