The Northern Territory’s main supply route remains cut off after record rainfall, with flood damage to road and rail starting to impact food supplies all the way up to Darwin. Authorities warn it could be days or weeks before freight lines reopen, and empty supermarket shelves are already posing a problem.
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Road trains bound for the Northern Territory and stranded on the flooded Stuart Highway are taking a 3,000-kilometre detour to deliver their cargo.
The highway, which connects South Australia and the country’s southern states to the Northern Territory, has been closed between the remote outpost of Glendambo and the opal mining town of Coober Pedy.
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