Western Australia....Flooding rivers and heavy rains cut off towns,

Flood waters pass through stock yards at Yarrarloola Station, a large farm in the Pilbara Region in northern part of Western Australia state in this handout picture received February 18, 2009. Flooding rivers and heavy rains cut off towns, stopped mining operations and damaged crops in three Australian states on Tuesday -- one week after devastating bushfires swept the country's southeast killing 200 people

Flood waters lap at the edge of the Fortescue Bridge in the Pilbara Region in northern part of Western Australia state in this handout picture received February 18, 2009. Flooding rivers and heavy rains cut off towns, stopped mining operations and damaged crops in three Australian states on Tuesday -- one week after devastating bushfires swept the country's southeast killing 200 people.