A mother has told of her harrowing experience as flash flooding trapped her and her children on the roof of their Darwin River home as waters rose around them.

Unrelenting rain has caused major flooding in parts of the Northern Territory over the last few days.

Northern Territory Health has issued an urgent boil water alert for Greater Darwin and Palmerston after heavy flooding at the Darwin River Dam compromised the region's primary supply.

The severe storms that swept across Darwin’s outer regions left a trail of flooded roads behind. The severe storms that swept ...

The BoM has forecast flooding of the Burnett River at Bundaberg could rise to 7.5 metres by midnight ...

In Darwin water authorities are carrying out repairs at the flooded pump site at the Darwin River Dam. While many in the capital are breathing a sigh of relief some in Darwin's rural area are yet to ...

A boil water alert has been issued and tap pressure will be reduced as water authorities grapple with "unprecedented" flooding at Darwin River Dam.

Panic buying has set in after a major state road between capital cities was cut off by severe flooding caused by torrential rainfall.

There were plenty of bananas available in Woolworths Darwin on Monday but not much else. Source: Ray Martin/X A 'perfect ...

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Many regions across the Northern Territory were submerged by flooding this week. Here is some of the best footage from the extreme weather event, right across the Top End.

Residents were advised to use cool boiled or bottled water for drinking, cooking, making baby formula, and brushing teeth.