Prime Minister Anthony Albanese describes the flooding as 'devastating' and pledges federal assistance.
SYDNEY – 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, January 8, noting water covered some places “as far as the eye could see”.
“People in the Kimberley are experiencing a one-in-100-year flood event, the worst flooding Western Australia has had in its history.” Some eastern regions have endured four major flood crises since last year caused by the La Nina system, which is typically associated with increased rainfall. The Bureau of Meteorology said on Sunday that rain had eased as the storm shifted eastwards to the Northern Territory, but warned that “record-breaking major flooding” continued in the Kimberley.
State emergency authorities have warned residents in other small communities of rising water in the region, which includes the resort town of Broome, about 1,240 miles north of Perth.
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