Freight routes cut, shelves bare as flood panic hits

Supermarket shelves have been stripped of fresh produce as supply routes are cut off by flooding. (HANDOUT/MARTIN LONG)

Supermarket shelves have been stripped bare as panic buying emerges as the latest challenge to hit tropical cyclone-hit northern Australia.

Freight routes in Western Australia's northwest have been cut by flooding in Cyclone Zelia's wake, frustrating Broome residents trying to buy grocery staples and replenish business supplies.