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1998 Katherine floods
The 1998 Katherine floods began in January 1998 affecting the town of Katherine, Northern Territory Australia. As floodwaters continued downstream the community of Daly River was entirely inundated. The water continued to rise into early February. The floods killed three and caused widespread damage to infrastructure and local industry. The estimated damages from the flood totalled $200 million. The 1998 flood is classified as a 1 in 200 to 1 in 500-year event and is the largest flood on record to affect both Katherine and Daly River.
==Background==
On 24 January 1998 a low pressure system over the Gulf of Carpentaria developed into Tropical Cyclone Les. The cyclone moved westward towards the Northern Territory coast, weakening and from cyclone strength into a rain depression as it travelled inland towards the catchments of the Katherine, Roper and Daly rivers. Between 25 and 27 January, rain was recorded as falling in the Katherine River catchment. On Australia Day, 26 January, roads north and south from Katherine were closed due to rising floodwaters, and Royal Australian Air Force personnel from RAAF Base Tindal joined local police and emergency services to assist with sandbagging critical infrastructure. Some 5000 residents were evacuated as an estimated 500 businesses and 1200 homes were inundated by floodwaters, including the Katherine District Hospital. Many evacuees were accommodated in three evacuation centres, Katherine High School, MacFarlane Primary School and the newly constructed Casuarina Street School〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Shelters in the NT )〕 which was due to open in February. At 6am on 27 January, a State of Emergency was declared in Katherine. The floodwaters peaked at at the Katherine railway bridge at 4.30pm, passing the previous record of 19.3m during major flooding in 1957.〔
On 28 January, floodwaters at the community of Daly River, approximately downstream from Katherine had risen above 11.5m and would continue to rise to a peak of on 3 February as water from the catchments fed through tributaries to the Daly River. Around 400 people, the entire population of the community was evacuated by air to Batchelor and every building subject to flooding.〔 Chief Minister Shane Stone declared Katherine, Daly River and outlying communities to be a Disaster area on 28 January.〔
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