Alice Springs resident whose home was destroyed welcomes funding support

Key points

• Brooke Klarenbeek says a wild storm tore the roof off her Alice Springs home on Monday afternoon, leaving about 75 per cent of the house damaged. The storm brought 96 kilometre per hour winds and hail, and power was cut to 9,000 homes.
• The Insurance Council of Australia says 400 claims have been lodged in Alice Springs since the storm.
• The federal and Northern Territory governments have made disaster recovery funds available, including one-off payments of up to $16,901 for essential structural repairs where insurance will not meet costs.