Tennant Creek deluged with 'one-in-50-year' flood

Flooding in Tennant Creek saw
70mm of rain fall in just 70 minutes.

The normally dry town of Tennant Creek has experienced a deluge overnight in what meteorologists say was a one-in-50-year flood.

Irena Edwards-Kelly, 26, said she appreciated the rain when it began, but she had now had enough.

"It is good rain and I was loving it, but it gets annoying," she said.

It was the highest floodwaters Ms Edwards-Kelly had ever seen in the town.

Senior forecaster at the Bureau of Meteorology in Darwin, Graeme King, said the flooding was a significant event.

Read the ABC story by Xavier La Canna - “Tennant Creek deluged with 'one-in-50-year' flood.”