It won’t be news to those in Western Australia, but remote communities in the Kimberley are still suffering in the wake of the state’s worst flooding on record. Tropical cyclone Ellie hit the region last week, inundating the Fitzroy River. To give you an idea of the amount of water flowing through, reports say the waterway ballooned to 50km wide at some parts and reached a record peak of 15.81m at Fitzroy Crossing and the Indigenous community of Noonkanbah. As conditions ease, emergency services and the Defence Force continue to deliver essential supplies, including at Fitzroy Crossing – about 400km east of Broome. More than 100 people have been evacuated, but that might grow with the towns of Looma and Willare on flood watch in the coming days. Towns in NSW and South Oz also continue to struggle with seemingly neverending floods. The NSW town of Menindee is preparing for a peak above the 1976 record of 10.47m, and Mannum’s central township is submerged.