More alerts for flooding and severe weather have been issued for parts of the Northern Territory's Top End region, as residents at one remote outstation are calling to be evacuated by the territory government after running out of food.
At least 200 to 300 millimetres of rain has fallen in most of the Top End over the past week, according to the Bureau of Meteorology (BOM).
The heavy falls have already flooded roads, swollen rivers and creeks, and cut off some communities in the West Daly region.
While the wet weather is easing in certain areas, including Katherine where minor flooding was forecast last week, the BOM has warned of more to come elsewhere.
The bureau has issued a moderate flood warning for the Daly River, forecasting minor flooding on Monday and moderate flooding on Tuesday, due to elevated river levels.
"Through the Daly River catchment, we've definitely seen widespread falls of around 200 to 300 millimetres in the last week," said senior meteorologist Billy Lynch.
"Rainfall is generally easing, but there's a lot of water flowing through the Daly River system at the moment, so rivers are rising."
A flood watch remains in place for parts of the Top End and Central Inland, with the BOM forecasting more widespread heavy rainfall.
A severe weather warning is also in place for damaging winds and heavy rainfall in the Daly, Tiwi, and Gregory districts as well as parts of the Barkly, Tanami and Carpentaria.
Mr Lynch said a handful of communities were expected to be particularly hard hit, and warned of flash flooding or 100-kilometre an hour winds.
"In the next 24 hours, we're anticipating a tropical low to deepen to the south of Wadeye, so we're expecting a period of quite heavy rainfall and squally winds across Wadeye, Peppimenarti, Palumpa and Timber Creek tonight," he said.
"As we move forward, that tropical low will become quite slow-moving … over the Victoria River catchment, where there's the potential for some fairly widespread, heavy rainfall through that region."
Stranded residents call for help
The remote outstation of Woodycupildiya, about 180 kilometres south-west of Darwin, has been cut off by the recent rainfall.
With roads impassable and creeks swelling, the outstation's 31 residents — comprising 16 adults and 15 children — have said they don't have food, and are worried about dwindling power and medical supplies.
"We tried going up the road and all the creeks were up," resident Kenny Ah Fat said.
"We couldn't get onto the main Port Keats or Peppimenarti road to get to Daly River, and that more or less has blocked us off."
Mr Ah Fat said without a store, residents had run out of food, and resorted to catching a pig in the wild to feed the community.
"There's no food at all, I'm telling you we've got none," she said.
"My stomach is just about bloody nearly touching my back bone.
"Nearly a week [we've been without food], about four or five days. Nothing to give the kids for lunch, even.
"If we don't get any help today, they're going to go to sleep hungry."
Another Woodycupildiya local, Margaret Miler, said she was concerned about treatment for her diabetes as medical supplies in the community dwindled.
"I am a sick old lady, I am a diabetic," she said.
"What are we going to do if we run out of tablets (to treat our diabetes)? Then what are we going to do?"
Mr Ah Fat and the other residents want to be evacuated to Darwin until the roads become passable, or a reliable food supply can be set up.
"This is an emergency, but they're (the NT government and emergency services) not taking it seriously. We need to be put somewhere like Marrara (evacuation centre)," he said.
The station still has water, but residents told the ABC they were concerned if diesel fuel ran out they would lose access to clean water and power.
The ABC understands the NT government will provide food drops to Woodycupildiya in coming days.
Timber Creek braces for more severe weather amid clean-up
In Timber Creek, the severe weather warning comes just two months after the isolated town was hit by a powerful flood from ex-Tropical Cyclone Ellie.
The once-in-50-year flood event, which inundated the town on December 23, caused significant damage to homes and essential infrastructure, and left residents wading through chest-high floodwaters.
After the downpours of the past few days, floodwaters have led to the closure of the Victoria Highway west of the town, preventing anyone from driving east toward Katherine.
Timber Creek Hotel manager Sandy Wood told NT Country Hour Monday the Victoria River was "gushing", and that the Victoria Highway had been closed since this morning.
"There's a few cars sitting around waiting to learn their fate, but we're holding rooms for them just in case," Ms Wood said.
"It's been nearly impassable for quite a while, so no one can get through."
Jack Horgan, from Ngaliwurru-Wuli Aboriginal Corporation in Timber Creek, told NT Country Hour that service providers had met with emergency services to discuss next steps if the weather conditions worsened.
"We're trying to be proactive as much as we can," he said.
"Instead of waiting for all the roads and bridges to shut down and close, and all the supplies be shut off from the Timber Creek township —plus all our local Aboriginal communities of course — we're trying to work out how to get the people that are already in the communities into a place where they can stay in Timber Creek."
Mr Horgan said the township had only just returned to normalilty after ex-Tropical Cyclone Ellie.
"We've only just recovered from that lot, and now there's another lot which looks to be —depending on what the Bureau is saying — just as bad, if not worse," he said.
There is also floodwater over the road along various sections of the Stuart Highway.
