Rain

As floodwater recedes and local governments begin calculating the damage to SA roads, they are frustrated it will be up to them to foot the bill in lieu of federal government support.

The tropical low that has brought flooding across large parts of the Top End for the past week is moving south-west, with residents near Victoria River warned to brace for heavy rainfall in coming days.

Schools around Katherine are starting to reopen in the wake of flooding over the weekend, though major flooding is continuing to threaten a remote Northern Territory community nearby.

More rain could see river levels rise even further, threatening remote NT communities, while the clean-up has started in Katherine and businesses reopen.

Heavy rain is forecast to continue over the already-flooded northern parts of the country.

As water begins to recede after record-breaking rains, outback New South Wales graziers are assessing the damage and searching for stock.

While Katherine remains under an emergency flood warning, water levels are now receding and food supply lines are opening up.

Katherine experiences its worst flooding in 28 years, with several Territorians rescued by helicopter this weekend after they were stranded in a nearby remote community.

Hundreds of remote residents are being evacuated from their small communities by air this weekend, as flooding inundates parts of the Northern Territory.

Floodwater is entering parts of Katherine's town centre and overwhelming the town's levee system. The water level is expected to peak at 19.2 metres tonight, and will remain a "major flood risk" until Sunday evening.

A tropical low moving through northern parts of Queensland and tracking west is dragging persistent wet weather across the region.

The Barrier Highway which connects Broken Hill to Dubbo and Sydney has been closed by major flooding with waters still expected to rise.

After months of a dry river bed, the Turon River has been seen re-filling after a much needed bout of rain.

Two years after farmers began feeling the impacts of what were then record dry conditions, many are celebrating what they say could be the end of the drought.

Frustrated travellers say they spent days stranded in outback SA trying to cross the Stuart Highway with no word from authorities. 

A dire weather forecast for last weekend in Adelaide combine with ongoing cost of living pressures to deliver a huge drop-off in Adelaide Fringe ticket sales, organisers and artists say.

A big downpour across much of drought-affected Victoria puts smiles on farmers' faces.

Most of us have memories of jumping in big rain puddles, or making mud pies growing up, but for many regional and rural kids in SA last weekend's rain event was the first time they had popped their gumboots on.

There is a moderate chance a tropical low in the Coral Sea will develop into a cyclone by the end of this week. 

Heavy downpours across southern and central New South Wales have felt "like raining headache relief pills", according to farmers who were beginning to destock due to drought.