00:00Right on time, severe tropical cyclone Fina rolls in, bearing down on the Tiwi Islands.
00:10This is the worst storm that I've ever been in. Hopefully we're going to the house we hold up.
00:15In Wurumiunga on Bathurst Island, 90 people sheltering inside a school.
00:21Everyone's feeling calm, really calm, you know, being together in the hall, sitting down with families, but still with a smiley face.
00:29We're all safe, we know the drills, what time and what time is the strong wind going to hit us, so we all prepare for that.
00:40The rain first hit Darwin in the early hours of the morning, and the wind picked up soon after as residents woke up.
00:47By half past seven, the cyclone had intensified into a Category 3 system as it moved closer towards the NT capital.
00:54Mid-morning on the Nycliffe foreshore, people taking advantage of the cool conditions.
01:00We just went jetty jumping. Yeah, it was pretty good.
01:03The fishing before the cyclone, absolutely amazing. Amazing. Ten-killer goalies, deweys, everything on the bite.
01:11Kite surfers also revelling in the conditions. Some trees going down early. This roof just hanging on.
01:20Along Darwin's deserted party strip, empty pubs which had originally planned to stay open.
01:27A scheduled media event from authorities moved online, due to the deteriorating conditions.
01:34Tropical cyclone Fino is forecast to have sustained winds of 130 kilometres an hour, with possible wind gusts up to 185 kilometres an hour.
01:44The message is clear. Don't panic. Enact your plans. We've got this. We are prepared. And we're ready. And we're in this together.
01:53People without a home to go to, taking cover at a CBD car park.
01:57I have to find a shelter. So they told us to come down here, the car park, where it's safe.
02:04I now have the radio and any updates I'll provide people and go around and make sure people at least are aware of what's happening.
02:10By mid-afternoon, Power was down in several suburbs. After Cyclone Marcus, for some, it was over a week before Power came back on.
02:19Back on.
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