Ex-Tropical Cyclone Narelle: ‘Vulnerable’ evacuees from Katherine aged care homes housed in open-sided basketball court

Some residents moved amid threat of flooding are under public guardianship due to reduced mental capacity. NT public guardian says they ‘would have been very frightened’

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Ex-Tropical Cyclone Narelle to intensify with Perth a possible target as storm makes rare crossing across continent

Narelle weakens to a tropical low after bringing heavy rain to already-saturated parts of the Northern Territory

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Around 500 people sheltering in Darwin school gym as Tropical Cyclone Narelle barrels towards NT coast

Affected communities in Queensland and the NT can apply for an Australian government disaster recovery payment from 2pm Saturday

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Five disasters in a single wet season show the climate crisis is here and now in the Northern Territory

We’re tough in Australia’s Top End, but there’s a limit to what communities can endure without adequate resources and if leadership isn’t honest about the cause

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Bradley John Murdoch, murderer of British tourist Peter Falconio, yelled at police to ‘get out’ before he died in hospital

NT coroner ends inquest into Murdoch’s death, which heard the outback killer refused to reveal where he hid Falconio’s body right up until his death

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We hiked the Rim Walk at sunrise, cooled off in the Garden of Eden, and took to the skies for a birthday flight. Kings Canyon is vast, ancient, and one of the Territory’s true wonders.

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✧ magpie goose ✧

The magpie goose (Anseranas semipalmata) is a species of waterfowl found in northern Australia and southern New Guinea. The only living species of the family Anseranatidae, it inhabits open wetlands and is not truly migratory, although it sometimes travels long distances to find food and water. The magpie goose ha...

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Severe Tropical Cyclone Narelle to make landfall in far north Queensland on Friday as category four storm, bringing 200km/h winds

Massive storm tracking a path to Qld coast, which intensified offshore on Thursday morning to category five, fuelled by warm waters in Coral Sea

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Homes inundated and locals banding together: NT flooding in pictures

Many regions across the Northern Territory were submerged by flooding this week. Here is some of the best footage from the extreme weather event, r…