Flood recovery funding available for Jerramungup and Ravensthorpe

Funding to help fix infrastructure damaged by flooding in April has been made available to the Shires of Jerramungup and Ravensthorpe. The assistance has been made available through Disaster Recovery Funding Arrangements, jointly funded by the Federal and State Governments. Severe weather lashed WA’s south coast between April 11 to 14, bringing heavy rainfall and damaging winds across the region that damaged important road networks. The town of Ravensthorpe recorded its second-highest daily rainfall record, with 111mm falling on April 13. Flash flooding and fallen debris damaged and closed major State roads, including the South Coast and Brookton highways, with big sections of these highways closed for up to 24 hours. Several local roads were also impacted. Last year, DRFA funding was made available to the City of Albany, Shire of Denmark and Shire of Plantagenet after the wild storms that battered the region in June.