Article 67HZG ‘People have lost everything’: flooded houses in the Kimberley could be uninhabitable for months

‘People have lost everything’: flooded houses in the Kimberley could be uninhabitable for months

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Sarah Collard
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Receding flood waters have revealed homes, cars and livestock caked in thick mud, which locals say will set like concrete' when it dries

Flooded houses in the Kimberley will be uninhabitable for months and the cost of replacing everything that was swept away will be beyond many communities, traditional owners say.

Towns and communities in the Fitzroy Valley in north-west Western Australia have been hit by once-in-a-century flooding caused by torrential rain from ex-tropical cyclone Ellie, which is expected to create a 50km-wide inland sea as it spreads across the flood plain.

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