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NT highway reopens after cyclone flooding

The Stuart Highway has reopened at the Edith River crossing after the bridge was damaged by cyclone flooding.

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Stuart Highway opens after floods

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NT communities clean up after floods

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Rivers tested for derailment copper spill spread

The Northern Territory Government is testing waters in the Daly River as part of its investigations into the spillage of hundreds of tonnes of a toxic substance in another Top End river.

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Stuart Highway repair work flagged to cause delays

Sections of the Stuart Highway between Katherine and Darwin will be closed again for short periods to allow for road works.

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Top End supply route reopens after floods

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Supplies on way to Darwin after highway reopens

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Gauges near derailment indicated flooding

River level data shows regular updates were being recorded near river crossings where a train derailed and cars were swept off the road in the Northern Territory.

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Repairs continue on rail crossing after flood

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Repair work continues on damaged rail line

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Pollution tests continue on flooded river

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Edith River Bridge repairs on track to finish

The high-level bridge at the Edith River crossing in the Northern Territory is likely to re-open in a week.

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Mining company ordered to clean up train spill

A mining company has been ordered to clean up the site of a train de-railment on a river near Katherine in the Northern Territory.

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More trucks after NT train crash

The manager of a road house on the Stuart Highway in the Northern Territory says the number of road trains passing by has dramatically increased since the rail line was washed out at the Edith River.

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Damage discovery delays rail link reopening

The reopening of the Northern Territory rail line has been delayed.

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Supermarket feight goods left strewn on Edith River

Locals have resorted to cleaning up the mess at Edith River themselves, where supermarket goods have washed up on the banks, one month after a freight train derailed during flooding.

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A cold welcome to the Territory

A RAAF couple moving to the Top End say they are disgusted locals have been 'preying on their heartache' after their lost container of household belongings was ransacked.

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Freight expectations as Top End rail link restored

The Darwin to Adelaide railway line is due to reopen today, two months after parts of it were destroyed by flash floods.

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Drivers of derailed train lucky to be alive

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Train derailment clean-up work nears completion

Rail operator Genesee and Wyoming says clean-up efforts are nearly complete at the Edith River crossing where a train derailed in December, spilling tonnes of freight and copper concentrate.

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Contaminated water release worries NT fishers

The NT Amateur Fishermens Association is concerned plans to treat and release contaminated water from the Mount Todd gold mine could poison fish stocks.

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Town turns to words to simplify flood warnings

The Northern Territory town of Katherine is launching a new flood warning system in preparation for the wet season.

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Katherine River gauge back in action

An automatic river-level gauge on the Katherine Bridge has been repaired following a possible lightning strike on Sunday afternoon.

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Beswick cleans up after Easter flood

The small community of Beswick, south of Katherine in the Northern Territory, has been cleaning up following flooding over the Easter long weekend.

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Bid to get bridge built where girl died 'fell on deaf ears'

There are claims people in Kalkarindji and Daguragu had been trying in vain to get a bridge built in the area where a teenage girl died on the weekend trying to swim across a swollen creek.

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Body found near spot where 14yo girl went missing

Northern Territory Police searching for a missing 14-year-old girl have found a body at a creek near a remote Aboriginal community south of Katherine. The teenager was swept away on Saturday night when...

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Katherine residents fear insurance premiums could double with TIO sale

Katherine residents say they fear flood insurance premiums will skyrocket if the TIO is sold, leaving many homeowners unable to afford the costs.

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Beswick floods as ex-Tropical Cyclone Nathan dumps heavy rain

Road access to the Indigenous community of Beswick is cut and an aged care facility is evacuated after heavy rainfall from ex-Tropical Cyclone Nathan raises rivers in Arnhem Land.

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Northern Territory Government releases $50 million flood mitigation blueprint...

The Northern Territory Government releases its $50 million flood mitigation plans for Darwin and Katherine to the public for consultation.

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Daly River flood victims had to break fence with an axe and run to safety

Residents who spent the night in the flooded Daly River community in the NT say it was a sleepless night for most amid fears of crocodiles lurking in the flood water.

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Pink Panther pub finds itself with no beer thanks to Northern Territory floods

A remote Northern Territory pub runs out of its most important commodity - beer - due to flooding along the Stuart Highway.

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Northern Territory floods: Search for man missing since Christmas Day called off

Police suspend the search for a 28-year-old man swept away by floodwaters in the Northern Territory on Christmas Day.

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Daly River resident calls for housing to be moved at flood-prone township

As evacuees from the flooded Daly River community in NT make the most of Darwin crisis accommodation, one resident calls for homes to be moved to higher ground.

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60 animals airlifted from devastated Daly River flood region, reports dogs...

Around 60 animals are rescued from the devastated flood zone as half a tonne of dog food is airlifted in.

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Daly River flood: Relief payments for evacuees due to be processed

The Northern Territory Government will soon process relief payments for 500 Daly River residents whose community has been flooded for more than a week.

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Daly River water safe to drink after floods, residents and volunteers start...

Residents of a flooded community in the NT's Top End slowly trickle back to the Daly River to clean up their damaged homes, as the State Government says the water supply is safe to drink.

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Daly River floods: How residents are cleaning up Nauiyu

Nauiyu residents returning home to clean-up following December floods discover damaged property, rotting freezers and some suspicious snake tracks.

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NT buyback of 'uninsurable' properties flagged, as TIO rolls out increased...

The Government may buy back homes hit by large insurance premium rises because of flood risk, Northern Territory Treasurer David Tollner says.

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Meet the flood-predicting community of fishermen who refused to evacuate...

Daly River's Wooliana is a tiny, tight-knit community that knows its metre-long barramundi and river systems as well as the unavoidable chance of floods.

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After the flood: Paintings by young Nauiyu artists hung in Darwin gallery

Nauiyu schoolchildren have their artwork featured as part of a special exhibition in Darwin.

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Top End floods cut off NT communities as severe weather warning issued

The weather bureau warns more communities could be affected as the worst of the heavy rain is yet to come.

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Bodies recovered after three drown in crowded 4WD swept into Northern...

The bodies of a woman and two men are recovered after their troop carrier trying to cross a flooded causeway south-west of Darwin is swept off the road with 20 people on board, police confirm.

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Monsoon burst causes havoc on Darwin roads, minor flooding

It has been a wet 24 hours in Darwin, with a dumping more than 200 millimetres of rain over the city, causing havoc on the roads.

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Katherine floods remembered as 'something from a movie', 20 years on

Residents in the small community of Katherine sensed something was amiss that Australia Day in 1998, but could never have anticipated the devastation about the grip the region.

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Evacuation warning downgraded, as Daly River braces for heavy rainfall

Emergency services have suspended planned flood evacuations in the Northern Territory community of Daly River, as the region continues to prepare for heavy rainfall.

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Daly River residents airlifted from Northern Territory community as...

Hundreds of people from the flood-affected Daly River community are forced to leave their homes carrying the barest of essentials, while the Darwin River Dam starts to spill, prompting warnings to...

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NT Chief Minister Michael Gunner visits flooded Daly River, says residents...

More than half the houses in the Top End's Daly River community are damaged after the region was inundated by floodwaters, forcing most of the community's residents to evacuate.

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Daly River residents return home two weeks after flooding evacuation

Busloads of Nauiyu residents return home nearly two weeks after they were evacuated amid major flooding in the Daly River community.

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Daly River residents 'offended' NT Government quarantining flood relief payments

Residents of Naiuyu were flown to Darwin during flooding a fortnight ago, but people living outside of the community in the Daly River region say they have been left to fend for themselves with an...

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Goat-munching crocodile caught in outback billabong, relocated away from...

A flood, a croc, and a family's missing goat. It's been a big week for the Aristons near Pine Creek in the Northern Territory.

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