WA town of Derby isolated with flooding to potentially cut off Indigenous communities for weeks
Towns are cut off and residents have been evacuated in military planes during “the worst floodingAuthorities are working to let remote Aboriginal communities in the Kimberley region know of the danger, to relocate those who want to leave and deliver critical supplies. Derby, Broome and Noonkanbah have already been isolated., forcing the evacuation of the remote town as well as dozens of Indigenous communities.
Residents were experiencing “the worst flooding WA has ever seen”, Dawson said, adding that it was “deeply distressing” for people who had lost livelihoods or livestock and seen animals injured.The Bureau of Meteorology’s WA manager, James Ashley, said the water at Fitzroy Crossing peaked on Wednesday at 15.8 metres and was slowly receding – but other places were at risk.“Winds and rain will increase again across the area.
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