00:00As you can see here in Darwin, the conditions are continuing to rapidly deteriorate as tropical
00:08cyclone FINA continues on its path towards Darwin.
00:12This morning a lot of people woke up to news that the system had intensified to a Category
00:183 system with the Bureau warning of wind gusts in excess of 180 kilometres per hour.
00:25Now aside from those destructive winds, the other major concern with this system is the
00:28incredible amount of rain that it's expected to dump as it continues on its path from the
00:34north coast down towards Darwin this afternoon and into this evening.
00:39An emergency warning was issued this morning following that intensification, that is the
00:43highest warning level and people are being urged to remain indoors where possible and
00:48also to reconsider any travel.
00:51Emergency shelters have been set up and all flights in and out of Darwin have been cancelled
00:56at least for today.
00:58Power and water have also confirmed that a number of homes in Darwin's rural area have
01:03lost power this morning.
01:04But crews were working as quickly as possible to make sure that power was restored to those
01:09areas.
01:10The Northern Territory's Chief Minister, Leah Finocchiaro, has been speaking this morning
01:14just reassuring Territorians that all the preparatory work has been done to make sure our cities and
01:21also our regional and remote communities are well prepared for cyclone FINA.
01:26Of course, regardless of all the planning and preparatory work, these systems do remain incredibly
01:33unpredictable.
01:34So as the weather does continue to deteriorate this afternoon and into this evening, people
01:39are being urged to make sure they keep a very close eye on all the new alerts and warnings
01:44to make sure they're as well prepared as they can be.
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