00:00 Evacuated residents from East Arnhem Land communities are starting to return home for the first time since ex-Tropical Cyclone Narelle hit. Remnants from the storm are still effecting the Northern Territory with hundreds without power and thousands more under boil water alerts.
01:41 In Katherine, residents had just returned home after evacuating over the weekend only to be put on alert again with the predictions the river could reach major flood levels by Wednesday. While the town appears to have avoided a second major disaster, many are still on alert, keeping sandbags in place just in case.
By Courtney Barrett Peters and Olivana Lathouris for ABC News Northern Territory
05:48 The NT Chief Minister has hit back at opposition claims flood evacuees currently have no control over their lives.
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