The northwest WA town of Broome has been flooded and cut off from the rest of the Kimberley region after it was battered by a superstorm that is delivering near-record rains.
Broome received a massive 449mm of rain in the 24 hours to Tuesday morning and it has kept raining heavily during the day.
Wind gusts of more than 100km/h have been recorded.
The ferocity of the storm shocked residents, given it was more damaging than two recent cyclones that affected the town.
Trees weakened by the two recent cyclones were blown over and hundreds of homes and business lost power due to damaged powerlines.
This weather event, which qualifies as a tropical low but not a cyclone, is expected to produce similar damaging weather and be a threat to homes until it moves south and eases on Wednesday afternoon.
Kimberley Wild Expeditions owner James Weeding filmed his large tourist four-wheel drive being driven on the Great Northern Nightway near Broome surrounded by what looks like an ocean.
The main street of Broome was also flooded.
Broome had received 858.4mm to Tuesday morning when it was still raining, compared to a January average for the whole month of 183.4mm.
