Flows increasing slowly, but no flood risk as more spectacular shots of the might River Murray are captured

The mighty River Murray has roared back to being a photographer’s dream, as flows continue to increase into South Australia.

Snake Island at Loxton. Picture: Murray River Pix

The rising River Murray is on display in all its glory across the Riverland as flows continue to increase into South Australia.

Flows climbed above 43GL yesterday, far below the 190GL mark that the river peaked in the summer.

So while there doesn’t appear to be any serious flooding risk, it has made for some spectacular shots from the air across the Riverland.

Murray River Pix captured the shots over Loxton, which showed popular ‘Snake Island’ completely cut-off from the township.

The River Murray in all its glory at Loxton. Picture: Murray River Pix

Snake Island at Loxton. Picture: Murray River Pix

The Department of Environment and Water issued high-flow advice last month as river levels rose to their highest level since February, when the devastating floods of December and January were still receding.

The news came as some in the Riverland and Mid-Murray, who are still recovering from the biggest floods in almost 70 years, are becoming nervous that a repeat was possible.

However, in its release, DEW made it clear it was not issuing a “flood warning’’.“With water flows at these levels the areas expected to be impacted would be disconnected wetlands and depressions along the edge of the river,’’ a DEW spokesman said.

The spokesman also said that current river levels were similar to this time last year but the longer forecast is for warm and dry weather as opposed to cool and wet 12 months ago.