00:03Devastation along the Darwin River, an inland tsunami turning homes into fields of debris.
00:09And that's my son off the edge of our veranda.
00:13This is not a regular flooding event, it's not even an abnormally big one.
00:19What came through here on Monday afternoon I've been describing as biblical.
00:23The proportions are like nothing we have ever seen.
00:27In just a few hours, Skye, who was too distraught to go on camera, estimates the river rose to 8
00:33metres, swallowing her home and up to 20 neighbours' properties too.
00:38Many say they received no warning, so she and her son went home at the peak without any idea of
00:44its severity.
00:45I was worried about crocodiles or snakes in the water. He jumped the fence and just disappeared inside.
00:51And so I called him when I found my phone and the audio was really, really quiet but I could
00:59hear sloshing.
01:01And he was standing inside the house and he just said, Mum, it's all gone. Everything's underwater.
01:07With waters now receding, the true extent of the damage laid bare.
01:12With much of the top end reeling from recent flooding, residents here along the Darwin River say they feel forgotten
01:17by support services.
01:19Trying to bridge the gap, neighbours have banded together to help those who have lost everything.
01:24What I'm sending is just some, you know, essentials if you don't have a toothbrush and some soap and, you
01:29know, just trying to throw some things into a hamper, so to speak.
01:31Some essentials that they do need, gar bags to help with the clean up as well.
01:35Banding together in a crisis.
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