Australia news live: 60,000 cubic metres of water a second moving down Fitzroy River in ‘dangerous and fast-changing’ Kimberley floods

Record flooding in Western Australian region forces evacuations. Follow the day’s news live

People battling floods in South Australia and now the Kimberley in Western Australia will be among those glad to see a shift back to more typical rainfall patterns.

As it happens, that sort of shift in climate influences looks to be under way, particularly as the La Niña in the Pacific continues to weaken.