Food store operators in a flood-hit area of the Northern Territory say they are running low on supplies, despite some government assistance.
abc.net.au/news/nt-lajamanu-battling-food-shortage-after-floods/102079702A remote Northern Territory community is running low on food after flooding turned a crucial stretch of road into a "boggy mud patch" that has stopped trucks in their tracks.Only four-wheel drive vehicles can currently access the community on muddy, unsealed roads
Home to about 760 people, Lajamanu was among five communities west of Katherine hit by heavy rain last week as a tropical low swept across the territory. "People get anxious when they see that the bread is running out, when the chicken's low, when the meat's low. In a statement, a spokesperson for the NT's emergency operations centre said it was the responsibility of community stores to be prepared each wet season.
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