Page 22 - Fitzroy River News Today

Damage assessment crews are swooping in to the remote Western Australian desert town of Fitzroy River as catastrophic floodwaters subside.

SYDNEY (Reuters) -Military helicopters airlifted hundreds of people from communities cut off by "once in a century" floods in Australia's northwest, an official leading relief efforts said on Sunday, noting water covered some places "as far as the eye could see".

The weather system has moved on from northern WA, where record-breaking flooding is continuing along the Fitzroy River, with rainfall now easing in flood-hit areas.

Sydney, Australia, Jan 8 (EFE).- Several small towns in the Western Australian state remained cut off due to record-breaking flooding, authorities said on Sunday. Former tropical storm Ellie, which has weakened to cyclone status, brought heavy rains and never-seen-before floods, inundating many roads in the Kimberley region, a sparsely populated area bigger than Paraguay. The …

Military helicopters airlifted hundreds of people from communities cut off by "once in a century" floods in Australia's northwest, an official leading relief efforts said on Sunday, noting water covered some places "as far as the eye

Worst flooding on record. torrential rain from ex—tropical cyclone ellie has swamped the kimberley region. from sydney, phil mercer reports. in northern parts of western australia, theres water as far as you can see. this is a land well used to natures extremes. but these are record—breaking floodwaters. as we know, people in the kimberley are experiencing a one in 100 year flood event, the worst flooding western australia has had in its history. this situation continues to change, and is pr...

The emergency comes after frequent flooding in Australia's east over the last two years due to a multiyear La Nina weather event.

Recovery efforts have begun in the desert town of Fitzroy Crossing which has borne the brunt of floodwaters now heading west.

Surging towards the coast after the fitzroy river swamped the town of fitzroy crossing. dozens of residents have been rescued by helicopter and military aircraft have been delivering food and medicine. the scale of the inundation is vast. its not something ive seen before. ive got to say, it is just an incredibly immense amount of water on the ground and any photo you see wont do the scale of it justice. the severe weather has abated, water levels are receding, but the flooding is moving west, t...

Recovery efforts have begun in the desert town of Fitzroy Crossing which has borne the brunt of floodwaters now heading west.