The flooding spanning hundreds of kilometres is clearly viewed from space as clouds dissipate, with badly damaged roads keeping flood evacuees away from home for longer.
abc.net.au/news/wa-kimberley-floods-derby-evacuees-alcohol-restrictions-enforced/101852580A crucial supply town in WA's north is set to remain an 'island' for the foreseeable future, with washed-away sections of flood-ravaged highway not being replaced for weeks, if not months.
The government said a side track would be built once conditions permitted but Shire of Derby West Kimberley president Geoff Haerewa said the repair job would take time. More than 100 people attended, with concerns raised over a lack of fuel and supplies, and the inability of teachers to return to Derby in time for school to start.
"Some people are coming back to town with no vehicle and they've got to get to work," said Regional Development Australia Kimberley chair Elsia Archer.Elsia Archer organised the community meeting on Thursday night.
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