Overview
- The restored Daly River gauge confirmed a peak of 15.62 metres, surpassing the region’s second-worst flood recorded in 1957.
- All Daly River/Nauiyu residents have been evacuated to the Foskey Pavilion at the Darwin Showgrounds, with broader evacuations reported across Palumpa and Katherine.
- Katherine’s river level sat at a minor flood of 16.3 metres and was falling on Thursday, yet many areas remained cut off by inundated roads.
- Local volunteers ran about 70 crossings in a day on submerged routes to ferry people, food, water and medication to isolated residents.
- A passing helicopter and a police officer rescued two people and a German Shepherd from a car at Tony Green Crossing, as officials warned residents to stay out of fast, crocodile-prone floodwaters.