Katherine Hospital Evacuates as Floods Threaten NT

0:00Local headlines in two minutes or less, you're tuned in to Adelaide News today. Communities in Australia's Northern Territory are facing more trouble from flooding and severe weather. Up to 30 patients from Caffin Hospital, including 9 pregnant women, are being moved to hospitals in Darwin and Palmerston as the town braces for heavier rains. The hospital will keep treating outpatients, but anyone needing to stay overnight goes north. Katherine, home to about 10,000 people, is still cleaning up from its worst floods in nearly 30 years back in March. Sandbagging started Thursday, and many homes that got waterlogged are on hold for more work in case flooding hits again. Locals are taking the forecast seriously, but the mayor says volunteers are worn out after two weeks of recovery efforts. The thought of starting over with the same damage is taking a real toll on everyone. Meanwhile, tropical cyclone Nareau, now down to Category 2 after crossing far north Queensland, is set to strengthen back to Category 3 as it nears land north of Groot Island.

1:03Communities from unhulled by to Port MacArthur face up to 300 millimeters of rain in intense bursts, gusts to 195 kilometers per hour, and high tides flooding low areas. Looked shelters are opening, power is returning to some blacked out homes in Cape York, and officials urge everyone to stay inside with emergency. Kids, the danger lingers, so preparations continue across the region.