Overview
- Police report evacuating over a thousand residents, using helicopters and planes to reach remote communities.
- Commander Shaun Gill warns that crocodiles are widespread in floodwaters and urges people to stay out of the water.
- Katherine faces its worst flooding since 1998, with the town’s hospital closed and patients transferred to Darwin.
- At least 90 homes are without electricity, and the chief minister says several schools will remain closed on Monday.
- Local media say the Daly River could approach heights not seen since 1957, as researchers note climate change is intensifying extreme weather.