Road conditions are dangerous along the route the group is believed to have taken from Kalgoorlie to Tjuntjuntjara, police say
The group – which includes four children and two elderly drivers – left Kalgoorlie, about 600km east of Perth, on Sunday and were travelling in two vehicles north-east to the Tjuntjuntjara Aboriginal community.
Search efforts were hampered by the conditions on Tuesday, as a plane looking for the group could only stay in the air for about an hour. Sign up for Guardian Australia’s free morning and afternoon email newsletters for your daily news roundup “Conditions are easing through the area from today. We do have that trough moving eastwards into South Australia from this evening. So conditions will be improving but it will take a while for the flood waters to clear completely,” she said.
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