Evacuees from flood-hit Northern Territory remote communities are still unable to return to their homes, with authorities citing badly damaged infrastructure and a lack of safe drinking water.
abc.net.au/news/nt-evacuees-unable-to-return-kalkarindji-daguragu-pigeonhole/102094532Evacuees from flood-hit Northern Territory remote communities are not yet allowed to return to their homes, with authorities citing badly damaged infrastructure and a lack of safe drinking water.
"We are going through those plans about how we can get people back into their homes safely [and] as quickly as possible," Ms Manison said. Photos of the communities supplied by government officials show thick, dried mud caking the floors of houses, football grandstands littered with debris and a local schoolroom trashed by water damage.Evacuees seeking timeline on when they can return home
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