Fears for remote WA towns as Fitzroy River records one of highest flow rates in Australia

Amount of water surging down river in one day equivalent to what Perth uses in 20 years, Bureau of Meteorology says

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Kimberley residents are worried they could run out of food and fuel as a once-in-a-century flood isolates remote towns in Western Australia's far north, with authorities saying the Fitzroy River is experiencing one of the highest flow rates ever seen" in Australia.

Fitzroy Crossing, Broome and other towns were expected to be cut off as the waters rose.