Flood forces evacuation of entire NT town

A 28-year-old man is missing in floodwaters in the Northern Territory as a major flood forces the evacuation of an entire community.

A supplied image obtained Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2015 of the view from CareFlight helicopter. A heavily pregnant woman has been airlifted from her remote waterlogged Northern Territory home over fears she could be stranded while going into labour over Christma

A supplied image obtained Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2015 of the view from CareFlight helicopter. A heavily pregnant woman has been airlifted from her remote waterlogged Northern Territory home over fears she could be stranded while going into labour over Christmas. (AAP) Source: AAP

There is still no sign of the man who went missing at Peppimenarti, in the Daly River region, on Christmas Day.

An evacuation order has been issued for Daly River and helicopter crews have begun winching residents to safety, with more than 400 to be airlifted to Batchelor and driven by bus to Darwin.




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