LOCATION/S: Wadeye to south of Daly River Mouth.
ALERT LEVEL: Advice - An incident has started. There is no immediate danger. Stay up to date in case the situation changes. Please note there are multiple alerts for this weather system.
RISKS FACED BY PEOPLE IN THE AREA:
Damaging windsHeavy rainPossible floodingPossible disruption to essential supplies like electricity, water, and gas
ACTION STATEMENTS:
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ADVICE TO THE PUBLIC:
Intensity
Category 2, sustained winds near the centre of 95 kilometres per hour with wind gusts to 130 kilometres per hour.
Location
Within 30 kilometres of 10.6 degrees South 132.5 degrees East, estimated to be 270 kilometres northeast of Darwin.
Movement
Southwest at 9 kilometres per hour.
Tropical Cyclone Fina has intensified to a category 2 cyclone and is moving slowly to the southwest. Fina is approaching the Cobourg Peninsula and Tiwi Islands and will move over the area tonight, before continuing southwest through the Van Diemen Gulf on Saturday.
Fina is forecast to further intensify to a severe tropical cyclone during overnight Sunday or early Monday as it moves through the southern Timor Sea. There continues to remain a chance that it could reach category 3 intensity earlier, during late Friday or early Saturday as it moves into the Van Diemen Gulf.
Hazards
Gales are expected to extend further west to include the Tiwi Islands during late Friday, and to Darwin from Saturday morning. Gales may extend further southwest to Daly River Mouth and Wadeye later on Saturday or overnight into early Sunday morning.
HEAVY to LOCALLY INTENSE RAINFALL may lead to FLASH FLOODING is possible along coastal areas between the Tiwi Islands and Warruwi from Friday, extending to the coast and nearby inland areas across the western Top End including Darwin during Saturday and Sunday.
Safety advice
NTES advises people elsewhere near and between Wadeye and south of Daly River Mouth, should consider what action they will need to take if the cyclone threat increases.
