The air was dry for the first time in months on Saturday, a perverse trick as moisture is drawn into another storm system bearing down on the Northern Territory. Tropical Cyclone Narrelle is the seventh high-risk weather event to hit Australia’s north in just five months. “This is Country and water talking to us, letting us know that we’ve gone too far,” says evacuee and Mangarayi traditional owner Cilia Lake. “This is our ancestors … punishing all of us for what’s happening all around the Northern Territory. The land clearances, the gas pipelines and the taking of water. It is
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