00:01We're on the driveway of one of the worst flood affected homes along the Darwin River.
00:06It's hard to believe that just 48 hours ago this crossing here was waist deep covered
00:10in water.
00:11On Monday local residents say they were caught off guard by rapidly rising flood waters which
00:16came with no warning after receiving a deluge of rain.
00:19Two families on this block say they've lost everything.
00:22We had three different people call emergency services for us and they didn't call back
00:27for four and a half hours until we were actually out the front of the driveway they rang back
00:31and asked if we were all good.
00:34It's not good enough man like they should have sent a chopper or something and it was really
00:39dangerous you know.
00:40Jake and his pregnant wife Jasmine were forced to wade through crocodile infested waters with
00:44their two year old daughter after waiting for emergency services that never came.
00:48Their family and reportedly up to 20 others across the river are now facing a mammoth clean
00:53up ahead.
00:53We lost everything.
00:56There's stuff that money can't replace.
00:58There's things, you know memories.
01:00The Darwin River Dam is about seven kilometres away from where we are here.
01:04It's responsible for servicing 150,000 Darwin residents who are on town water.
01:10It remains at 110% capacity and has been overflowing since the beginning of this year after the territory
01:16experienced its 10th wettest wet season on record.
01:19As for those of us here in the Top End most of us remain under a boil water alert with
01:24residents
01:24encouraged to boil their water before consuming.
01:27Firstly, you can also help us see how we do it during the fall of the rain.
01:28It is our last room that we are here.
01:28We're doing the water for the river.
01:28We're really doing the water.
01:29We're doing the water for the river, the water for the river, and we're doing the water.
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