Boil water alert: supply restrictions for Darwin amid ‘unprecedented’ dam flood | ABC NEWS

More than a hundred thousand residents of the Northern Territory's Top End are tonight being told to boil tap water for drinking, cooking, making baby formula and brushing teeth, after major flooding compromised Darwin's main drinking water supply.

Locals also told to ration water usage as engineers work frantically to restore operations. Courtney Barrett-Peters reports for ABC News Northern Territory.

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