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Boy stung by box jellyfish at Darwin's Casuarina Beach, prompting dry season warning

Box jellyfish stings are rare during the dry season but they do still happen. (Supplied: Jill Huck)

Lifesavers are warning residents and visitors in the Northern Territory's Top End to take precautions against box jellyfish this dry season, after a child was stung at a popular Darwin beach yesterday.

The five-year-old boy was stung on his legs and stomach while swimming at Casuarina Beach, about 15 kilometres north of Darwin CBD.

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