WA floods: ‘serious welfare concerns’ for seven people, including four children, missing amid heavy rain
by Mostafa Rachwani and Stephanie Convery from World news | The Guardian on (#6K96B)
Parts of Goldfields, Eucla and south interior hit with six months' rain in 24 hours, with severe weather forecast for coming days
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Police have said they hold serious welfare concerns" for seven people missing hundreds of kilometres north-east of Kalgoorlie amid heavy rain and flooding that has cut off road and rail links into Western Australia.
Two vehicles, a beige-coloured Toyota LandCruiser and a white Mitsubishi Triton, were believed to have left Kalgoorlie-Boulder on Sunday between 10am and 2pm, making for Tjuntjuntjara, Kalgoorlie Police said on Tuesday.
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