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REVEALED: Drinking water infrastructure needs fixing before residents can return to flood hit nt communities authorities say | Rare Historical Photos

Gaping craters have formed in parts of the flood-hit communities like this one in Daguragu. (Supplied: Northern Territory Government)

Evacuees from flood-hit Northern Territory remote communities are not yet allowed to return to their homes, with authorities citing badly damaged infrastructure and a lack of safe drinking water.

The communities of Kalkarindji, Daguragu and Pigeon Hole were all inundated by fast-rising floodwaters after the Victoria River broke its banks late last month.

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