Kimberley floods: ‘helicopter only way out’ as record rain hits WA – video

Defence personnel have been called in to help evacuate people isolated during ‘once-in-a-century’ flooding hitting a small town in Western Australia’s Kimberley region. Homes have been inundated by flood water in Fitzroy Crossing – home to about 1,200 people – and the Great Northern Highway is cut in both directions as some residents are airlifted 400km to Broome by helicopter. The fast-flowing waters also washed away part of a major bridge as the region experienced record flooding of the Fitzroy River. The fire and emergency services commissioner, Darren Klemm, warns residents of Willare and Noonkanbah to get to higher ground as the waters make their way downstream

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