Record-Breaking Flooding in Australia Isolates Rural Communities
- Prime Minister Anthony Albanese to visit flood-affected areas
- Flooding was triggered by cyclone last week, seeing huge rain
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Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will visit several flood-affected areas in the country’s remote northwest Monday, after huge floodwaters triggered by a tropical cyclone left several outlying communities isolated, damaging infrastructure and homes.
Albanese will tour the vast Kimberley region, best known as an outback tourist destination in Western Australia state. The area is home to about 40,000 people despite being about the same size as California. The flooding will lead to a “substantial” bill, Albanese told radio station 6PR.