Flood

Commonwealth Bank is providing Emergency Assistance to flood-affected areas across north Western Australia.

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Fitzroy Crossing, a town about five hours east of Broome, and dozens of Indigenous communities have been hit by the record flooding, as ex-tropical Cyclone ...

people are scared," said WA Emergency Services Minister Stephen Dawson. "People are suffering... Hundreds of people have evacuated their homes, businesses have been inundated and wildlife are fleeing to safety, as a once-in-a-century flood smashes Western Australia's Kimberley region.

Homes have been inundated and residents evacuated as a record-breaking flood hits a remote WA town.

River levels are expected to remain above the major 9.7m flood level at Menindee through to mid-January and an evacuation order remains in place for properties expected to be impacted by flooding. He said roads had been cut and it was too late to leave as the region faced “at least a one-in-100-year” flood event. Fire and Emergency Services Commissioner Darren Klemm warned residents in the communities of Willare and Noonkanbah on Tuesday they would be inundated in the next 24 to 48 hours. Travellers in Derby have been warned to leave the area and go to Broome. “DFES is bringing in more aircraft to bolster our evacuation and resupply efforts as some communities may be isolated for at least a week,” the Department of Fire and Emergency Services said in a statement. “We have not seen rain like this for at least a hundred years so it’s kind of shocking to see the water as high as it is.”

Authorities confirmed multiple rescue missions had been conducted in and around Fitzroy Crossing on Thursday, with emergency services having received 49 ...

While the record-high floodwaters in the Fitzroy River catchment area have begun receding after reaching 15.8 metres a vast amount of water is now moving downstream. The flooding has resulted in significant damage to the Fitzroy River Crossing bridge and hundreds of kilometres of the Great Northern Highway is closed south of Derby. Dawson said the state government was unable to assess the scale of the damage, but was in the process of activating disaster-recovery funding alongside the federal government for affected people across the Kimberley.