Western Australia family missing for three days found alive in flooded outback - BBC News

The family - which included four children aged seven to 17 - had been missing for three days.

51 minutes agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingImage source, Western Australia PoliceImage caption, Police released two images of cars the family were believed to be travelling inBy Flora DruryBBC NewsA family who had gone missing in a remote, flooded region of Australia's outback have been found alive after a three-day search.

The family of seven had set off on Sunday, planning to travel 400 miles (650km) from Kalgoorlie Boulder to Tjuntjuntjara, in Western Australia.

The alarm was raised when they failed to arrive in the Aboriginal community.

Fears for their safety increased after the area was hit with more than six months' worth of rain in 24 hours.

It was thought their two cars - carrying three elderly people and four children aged seven to 17 - may have become bogged down in mud, the Guardian reports. Family and friends said they could not contact the group and it was unclear what supplies they had with them.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-68555845

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