A hotel in Western Australia’s Kimberley region is racing to evacuate guests as fast-flowing flood waters wash away a major bridge and isolate remote communities.
Communities may be cut off for up to a week as ex-tropical cyclone Ellie continues to dump heavy rain after crossing the Northern Territory coast more than a week ago.
Fitzroy River Lodge manager Kandula Herat said plans to evacuate guests and staff by helicopter had to be abandoned after the rising water swamped the landing pad.
“There was no place to land the chopper. The new bridge is pretty much washed away, and the water is up to 15 metres,” he told AAP on Tuesday….