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