People affected by WA's worst-ever floods can access thousands of dollars in flood relief as locals count the cost of the 'massive' damage to homes, infrastructure and animal deaths.
Huge stock losses expected
"Optimistically everyone maybe hoped it would be in the hundreds initially ... it's probably going to be in the tens of thousands once this has concluded.""We're in the cold light of day and it's probably as bad I thought it could be.A satellite image taken on Monday showing the bloated Fitzroy River through the Kimberley region, with the Great Northern Highway drawn on the map.
Mark Williamson has lived in the West Kimberley since 1964, and is now based at Camballin, 300 kilometres east of Broome. "Down the streets there's plenty of personal gear along the roads, even the livestock dead around the place."It could be months until work can begin to repair major bridges in the Kimberley because of unfavourable weather.
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