Dedication on front end paper, else a near fine copy. "It was the "100-year storm" that turned 5,000 people into refugees in their own backyards. Residents in the small Top End town of Katherine sensed something was amiss that Australia Day in 1998, but could never have anticipated the devastation that was about to grip the region. Within hours, more than 1,000 square kilometres of the Northern Territory would be inundated with torrential floodwaters, leaving three families to face the reality of life without their loved ones..." (ABC news)