A family of seven who were missing for several days during floods in outback Western Australia have been rescued.
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The two elderly men, an elderly woman and four children aged 12 to 17 set off in two cars from Kalgoorlie-Boulder on Sunday and were meant to drive about 650km northeast to Tjuntjuntjarra.
Emergency services expressed serious concerns for their welfare before they were located by police aircraft in the remote Goldfields region late on Wednesday.
The group arrived in the regional centre of Kalgoorlie-Boulder on Thursday afternoon by helicopter.
Earlier efforts to rescue them were hampered by low cloud and heavy rain.
Paupiyala Tjarutja Aboriginal Corporation chief executive Jon Lark said the family were due to undergo medical checks as a precaution.
"We're so excited and so pleased, they all seem very well," Mr Lark told AAP.
He said it had been a terribly anxious few days and he was unaware of how much food and water they had access to.
"I've said to many people that if I was to be stuck in the bush, they're the people I'd want to be stick with," he said.
"They are very resilient."
Earlier in the week, a severe weather warning was issued for a large part of Western Australia including the search area, with the conditions forcing aircraft out looking for the family to be grounded.
Mr Lark said he was now focused on chartering a plane so the family could return home to Tjuntjuntjarra, which he believes could be cut off for weeks due to wet weather.
"The community as a whole has got bigger issues now for the next four or five weeks about being isolated," he said.
"We need fuel and we need food and all sort so things, so we've got a lot on our plate when we get back."
The Bureau of Meteorology has issued flood warnings for several rivers including the Fitzroy, Eucla District, Oakover and Nullagine, Salt Lakes District and the Ord rivers.
A Flood Watch is current for the Kimberley, Sturt Creek, Sandy Desert and parts of the Pilbara.
A tropical low has developed several hundred kilometres off the state's coast and is expected to develop into a tropical cyclone by Sunday.
It's expected to remain off shore, however, the bureau warned there was a slight chance it could move further south and reach the west Pilbara coast early next week.
Australian Associated Press
