Residents in Broome and Derby have been warned their towns are likely to be cut off by flooding, as authorities continue to evacuate people from Western Australia’s (WA) Kimberley region.
Fitzroy Crossing and dozens of Indigenous communities have already been hit by record flooding and WA’s only road transport route to the north of the state is could be cut for months after a major bridge suffered significant damage.
“People are suffering … people are scared,” WA Emergency Services Minister Stephen Dawson said.
Fitzroy Crossing’s supermarket and homes have been inundated and only a few of the town’s streets remain above the murky floodwaters, with people, livestock, and wildlife clambering for the remaining dry ground….