Western Australian Towns to Be ‘Islands’ in Flooded North

A supplied image obtained on Jan. 6, 2023 shows an aerial view of flooding at Fitzroy crossing in the Kimberley region of Western Australia. A 50 km-wide inland sea is surging towards the Kimberley coast after the swollen Fitzroy River devastated the town of Fitzroy Crossing earlier in the week. AAP Image/Supplied by Western Australia Police Force

Residents in two major Western Australian towns have been warned their communities are about to become islands, amid the state’s worst flooding on record.

A 50 kilometre (31 miles) wide inland sea is surging towards the Kimberley coast after the swollen Fitzroy River devastated the town of Fitzroy Crossing earlier in the week.