Emergency workers are continuing to clean up after Cyclone Lam in remote communities of the Northern Territory, where schools are due to reopen and power and water services are getting back to normal.
Four remote indigenous communities were affected by the category four storm, which hit Elcho Island off the NT's north coast on Thursday night before turning inland.
The community of Galiwinku sustained the most damage, with about two-thirds of the community's houses affected, six of which were destroyed.
Chief Minister Adam Giles said it was too soon to estimate the damage cost or how long it will take to rebuild, after a visit to Elcho Island on Sunday.
The water and sewerage systems were back up and running and residents in Galiwinku and Gapuwiyak were warned to boil water as a precaution.
However those in Milingimbi and Ramingining had their boil water alert removed.
Emergency services teams are progressively restoring essential services and surveying the damage in the remote communities.
A state of emergency will remain in place across the four communities until Tuesday, when it will be reassessed, said acting Police Commissioner Reece Kershaw.
Schools in Nhulunbuy, Yirrkala, Maningrida and Bulman will reopen on Monday.
Gapuwiyak school would reopen on Tuesday, along with Warruwi school.
Schools in Maningrida, Milingimbi and Galiwinku will not reopen until March 2, Mr Giles said.
