Authorities struggle to deliver food and essentials to towns stranded by WA’s ‘worst ever’ floods

Road train rules eased to ensure supplies and three military planes join efforts to rescue communities in hard-hit Kimberley

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Western Australia's worst flooding on record has spread as authorities relax road rules so essential supplies can reach the country's north-west.

Emergency evacuations continued in the Kimberley region on Thursday as Fitzroy River's flood peak bore down on tiny Noonkanbah.

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