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Flooding in remote NT cuts off rail line and roads, limiting food supplies in WA's Kimberley and sparking freight concerns

Supermarket shelves were nearly empty in Kununurra on Sunday night.  (ABC Kimberley: Ted O'Connor)

Severe flooding in the Northern Territory is causing a logistical nightmare for people living on both sides of the NT-WA border, with floodwaters cutting off key road and rail links and impacting the supply of fresh food and supplies.

Heavy rain and flooding forced the evacuation of hundreds of people from communities near Katherine late last week and continued over the weekend. 

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