Overview
- The Bureau of Meteorology says Fina strengthened to a category three system in the Van Diemen Gulf after crossing the Cobourg Peninsula and is expected to pass to the north of Darwin later today.
- Sustained winds near the centre are about 130 km/h with gusts up to 185 km/h, with the system located roughly 85–120 kilometres north‑east of Darwin and moving west‑southwest.
- A cyclone warning covers the Tiwi Islands, Daly River Mouth to Cape Don and inland to Batchelor, including Darwin, with a watch extending south of the Daly River Mouth toward Western Australia.
- Very destructive winds are likely across parts of the Tiwi Islands, with destructive gusts possible in Darwin later today, alongside heavy rain, flash flooding and a dangerous storm tide.
- Darwin supermarkets and some services are closed, several flights have been cancelled, buses are suspended and Royal Darwin Hospital has enacted a code brown as NT and federal agencies pre‑position personnel and stockpiles.