Top End set for bumper fire season
Perfect grass-growing conditions in the Wet Season have set expectations for a higher than normal fire season in the Territory this year
View ArticleRivers dry up in the Northern Territory
Several rivers that would normally be running after the wet season in the Northern Territory are dry because of poor rainfall.
View ArticleEarly taste of the Wet hampers NT cattle muster
The final weeks of second-round cattle mustering in the Northern Territory will be delayed due to the Top End's first wet season storms on the weekend.
View ArticleTown turns to words to simplify flood warnings
The Northern Territory town of Katherine is launching a new flood warning system in preparation for the wet season.
View ArticleFirst wet season storm hits Katherine
It felt like a long time coming, but the Katherine region has finally had its first proper wet season storm.
View ArticleMissing monsoon a Top End worry
A dry start to the wet season is worrying a Northern Territory pastoralist, who's been carting water to his cattle since October.
View ArticleRain relief for parts of the Northern Territory
Pastoralists in the Northern Territory's Victoria River District say they are relieved to finally have received some good rainfalls overnight, with more than 100 millimetres being recorded at several...
View ArticleGulf stations looking for rain
It might have been raining across some parts of the Top End this week, but spare a thought for those producers who are still waiting for a big downpour to arrive.
View ArticleNew climate model to improve seasonal forecasts
The Bureau of Meteorology is switching to a new forecasting model.
View ArticleNitmiluk hosts parks week finale
Nitmiluk National Park hosted the final event of Parks Week in the Northern Territory on Saturday.
View ArticleRainy start to Top End mustering season
The mustering season is off to a slow start for many Northern Territory cattle stations, following heavy rain over the weekend.
View ArticleKatherine River gauge back in action
An automatic river-level gauge on the Katherine Bridge has been repaired following a possible lightning strike on Sunday afternoon.
View ArticleBeswick cleans up after Easter flood
The small community of Beswick, south of Katherine in the Northern Territory, has been cleaning up following flooding over the Easter long weekend.
View ArticleFlurry of meteor showers light up Top End skies
A Northern Territory astronomer says the remnants of Comet Swift Tuttle are causing the meteor showers being seen in skies across the Top End.
View Article'Wet' flirts with records as Top End swelters
The weather bureau says near-record temperatures will continue across the Top End for the next week. The early build-up to the wet season is being blamed, and it is not being helped by humidity levels...
View ArticleBlackouts not good enough, says Giles as Darwin hit by heavy storms; power...
Northern Territory Chief Minister Adam Giles has lashed out at Power and Water Corporation for last night's severe blackouts across the Top End.
View ArticleCyclone Lam: Residents struggling to cope in aftermath of category 4 storm
People in the areas hardest hit by Cyclone Lam say they are were not ready for the storm and are struggling to cope in the aftermath.
View ArticleBeswick floods as ex-Tropical Cyclone Nathan dumps heavy rain
Road access to the Indigenous community of Beswick is cut and an aged care facility is evacuated after heavy rainfall from ex-Tropical Cyclone Nathan raises rivers in Arnhem Land.
View ArticleDaly River resident calls for housing to be moved at flood-prone township
As evacuees from the flooded Daly River community in NT make the most of Darwin crisis accommodation, one resident calls for homes to be moved to higher ground.
View ArticleNorthern Territory weather records tumble as September deluge hits
September rainfall records have tumbled in the Northern Territory after a weekend deluge brought heavy falls to parts of the Top End.
View ArticleDust storm sweeps through NT town of Katherine
A dust storm strikes the Northern Territory town of Katherine without warning, coating parts of it in red soil.
View ArticleHeavy rains transform Nitmiluk National Park after several poor wet seasons
Nitmiluk National Park in the Northern Territory has been transformed by a strong start to the Top End wet season, after several years of below average rainfall.
View ArticleWet weather sees Mount Todd gold mine owned by Vista Gold discharging...
A gold mine north of Katherine starts deliberately discharging contaminated water into a river due to the heavy rainfall in the area.
View ArticleMonsoon burst causes havoc on Darwin roads, minor flooding
It has been a wet 24 hours in Darwin, with a dumping more than 200 millimetres of rain over the city, causing havoc on the roads.
View ArticleFlooded rivers, swollen swamps and full dams at Top End stations after heavy...
Plentiful wet season rains flood the Roper River, swell swamps and fill new dams on Moroak Station, south-east of Katherine in the Northern Territory.
View ArticleKeep River National Park 'lush' after above average wet season rainfall
Keep River National Park on the Northern Territory and Western Australia border has already received more than its average annual rainfall this wet season.
View ArticleGulf barramundi fisherman expects best catch in three years
An early wet season in northern Australia is expected to boost barramundi catches to their best in three years.
View ArticlePhenomenal wet season sees Northern Territory pastoralists optimistic at its end
The Top End has recorded its third wettest wet season on record according to the Bureau of Meteorology.
View ArticleNorthern Territory cattle stations mustering fat cattle after above-average...
With an above-average wet season and high cattle prices, Mt Sanford Station is one of many Top End cattle properties looking at a good year ahead.
View ArticleNT bushfire warning: Ominous weather conditions stretching across Territory
People in parts of the Northern Territory should prepare for bushfires, with severe weather conditions reaching all the way from the border with Western Australia to Queensland, weather authorities say.
View ArticleNT weather: Build-up arrives but relief on the way from high temperatures
The build-up in the Northern Territory is underway, with humid, hot conditions in the north and above-average temperatures in southern parts of the Territory, but relief is on the way, weather...
View ArticleOutback Northern Territory hit with soaking rain, breaking dry stretch
It has been a wet week across much of the Northern Territory, with many cattle stations receiving their first rain of the season, and in some cases the first rain of the year.
View ArticleBig monsoon gets Top End wet season back on track for cattle producers
Heavy monsoonal rains has put the wet season back on track for Top End cattle producers.
View ArticleNT Chief Minister Michael Gunner visits flooded Daly River, says residents...
More than half the houses in the Top End's Daly River community are damaged after the region was inundated by floodwaters, forcing most of the community's residents to evacuate.
View ArticleCattle stations look to de-stock as wet season largely bypasses Barkly...
Cattle producers in the Northern Territory's Barkly Tablelands are planning to de-stock and start mustering early, as the northern wet season fails to deliver much-needed rain.
View ArticleDry conditions bite into Top End, with NT's 'prime beef country' selling off...
Large cattle properties in the NT's Barkly region, often thought of as the 'engine room' behind the Top End beef industry, de-stock as dry conditions take hold.
View ArticleHits and messes: The big moments that touched the Territory in 2018
The worst cyclone since Tracy, a troubled outback town, a disgraced ex-police commissioner jailed and the enduring mystery of a missing bushie 2018 had it all
View ArticleBOM declares 2018 Australia's third-hottest year on record
If you thought it was hot last year, you're not wrong. The Bureau of Meteorology is warning there is little relief on the cards, with 2018's high temperatures and severely dry conditions expected to...
View ArticleHeatwave, late wet makes for a tough start to 2019 for agricultural...
An unusually dry start to the year has left agricultural industries across northern WA praying for rain.
View Article'Like a mini cyclone': Trees, powerlines down as Top End lashed by storm cell
An intense storm cell batters parts of the Top End, with strong winds knocking down trees and powerlines from Katherine to Darwin.
View ArticleCyclone Trevor triggers memories of dark days for evacuees forced to leave town
As residents bid farewell to their houses and home towns, many are haunted by uncertainty as one of the worst storms in memory threatens to destroy everything they have built.
View ArticleCyclone Trevor's monster evacuation effort in Northern Territory 'almost...
The biggest evacuation effort since Cyclone Tracy has seen all Territorians safely through a category four cyclone. Brigadier Matt Pearse from the Australian Defence Force spoke to the ABC about its...
View ArticleCyclone Trevor's stranded pets survive as evacuees start to return home
Around 2,000 pets were left behind during the mass evacuation operation triggered by the severe tropical cyclone, and vets are now travelling through remote Territory areas to assess how the animals...
View ArticleFlood-hit Territory cattle station owner calls for government support
The deluge in the wake of Cyclone Trevor sees staff of an isolated Territory cattle station forced to flee at short notice "without even their toothbrushes" as floodwaters peak at the top of the...
View ArticleLack of Indigenous language translations intensified community panic during...
Emergency authorities in the Territory say they do not have a policy on translating informational messages into local Indigenous languages even when an emergency is impacting communities where English...
View ArticleY2K of GPS causes glitch grounding Bureau of Meteorology weather balloons
A GPS clock rollover, which experts predicted would have little impact because of years of advance notice, causes the grounding of the Bureau of Meteorology's weather balloons.
View ArticleRed centre stations go green in Trevor's wake, but 'heartbreak' for those who...
NT pastoralists are excited to see green grass shoot up after Cyclone Trevor, but for neighbouring stations that didnt get a drop of rain, the long dry continues.
View ArticleABARES crop report forecasts another poor harvest for Australia's grain growers
Australian grain growers will produce one of their smallest crops of the decade this year.
View ArticleBarramundi fail to breed in Daly River as researchers report 'lowest catch on...
Where have all the barra gone? Research concludes 2019 has had the lowest recording of juvenile barramundi in the Daly River in over a decade as the beloved fish "failed to breed".
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