A remote town surrounded by a once-in-a-century flood in Western Australia's Kimberley region has become a refuge for hundreds of people evacuated from sodden Indigenous communities.
Only a few streets remain above the murky floodwaters in Fitzroy Crossing, where helicopters and boats are racing to evacuate residents from the rising water in outlying areas
Authorities and community groups had been working around the clock over the past two days to get people to safety on high ground, Jane Guthrie, manager at Fitzroy Workers Camp, said.
