BOM issues flood watch for Tanami, Central and Western Desert, and Sturt Creek District in NT. Rain has hit the Red Centre, as a majority of the Territory is under a Bureau of Meteorology flood watch.

Update, May 27: “Unseasonal rainfall” in the heart of the Territory is expected to last two days, with the downpours triggering a Bureau flood watch.

ABM said, "Rainfall is expected to increase in the Central Desert and southeastern Tanami Desert from today with widespread falls of 70 to120 mm (2.8 to 4.7 inches) expected.

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Rainfall into Tuesday is expected to increase with widespread falls of 70 - 120 mm [2.8 to 4.7 inches] expected in the Central Desert and southeastern Tanami Desert. Isolated falls of 180 mm [7.0 ...

Australia’s Tanami desert is one of the most isolated and arid places on Earth. It’s a hard place to access and an even harder place to survive.