Flooding has impacted rural properties across the Top End, with one family "heartbroken" by the death of multiple horses. Fodder crops in the Douglas Daly region have gone underwater, which will impact the NT's cattle industry.
The Douglas Daly region is the engine room for hay production in the Top End of the NT. Mr Howie said for this reason, the flood would have impacts on the wider cattle industry.
Back in Katherine, about a dozen residents were using boats to assist isolated properties, many of which were still without power.