Source: THE TELEGRAPH
According to the THE TELEGRAPH, residents have reported seeing saltwater crocodiles roaming in the Northern Territory in Australia as heavy tropical rains in the region left one person dead and two others believed missing.
The waters flooded townships and cut the territory’s main highway,
about 200 miles south of Darwin and in the remote community of Daly
River, locals said they saw saltwater crocodiles, including around the local football field.
Two dogs were seen being dragged into the waters and the community has now been evacuated.
“You can be sleeping back at Daly and you’d be thinking about the water
and where is the croc going to come from,” James Parry, a resident who
was evacuated to Darwin, told the NT News.
“I hope they’re not my dogs, the ones that got taken — I took mine to my sister’s because she lives on higher land.”
Andrew Warton, the director of the territory’s emergency services, urged residents to exercise “extreme caution”.
"The Daly River is obviously populated by a large population of crocodiles and already we've seen reports of crocodiles sighted within the community," he said.
"Northern Territorians, particularly those in flood affected areas, [should] exercise extreme caution around swollen waterways and flooded rivers and in the metropolitan areas, of course. As it stands we have one deceased, one missing, an entire community evacuated and a river that's above major flood level.”
A 59-year-old woman drowned on Sunday when she was trapped in a flooded car near the remote community of Beswick. A 28-year-old man is also believed to have been dragged away by the floodwaters and has not been seen since Christmas Day.
A third person has been reported missing as well.
The Bureau of Meteorology has issued severe weather warnings for the region in the coming days.
"The Daly River is obviously populated by a large population of crocodiles and already we've seen reports of crocodiles sighted within the community," he said.
"Northern Territorians, particularly those in flood affected areas, [should] exercise extreme caution around swollen waterways and flooded rivers and in the metropolitan areas, of course. As it stands we have one deceased, one missing, an entire community evacuated and a river that's above major flood level.”
A 59-year-old woman drowned on Sunday when she was trapped in a flooded car near the remote community of Beswick. A 28-year-old man is also believed to have been dragged away by the floodwaters and has not been seen since Christmas Day.
A third person has been reported missing as well.
The Bureau of Meteorology has issued severe weather warnings for the region in the coming days.
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