With crushing humidity hanging over the Top End, Northern Territorians are waiting desperately for the monsoon to kick off. The monsoon is dragging its feet; the rains usually turn up in December.

Let’s break down the hottest summer in Phoenix (and Arizona ... Phoenix residents were left waiting for the thunderous beats and dramatic drops of monsoon storms that rarely came.

As Territorians sweat it out for yet another week, the Bureau of Meteorology forecasts the wait for the monsoon could be even longer than previously reported. Read why. This masthead reported on ...