Darwin residents without power with cyclone clean up underway

ABC NEWS (Australia)

Thousands of Darwin residents were without power as the Top End cleaned up after tropical cyclone Fina. The category three system carved a path north of the NT capital on Saturday leaving a trail of debris in its wake.

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00:00Back to school for some, as Darwin starts to clean up.

00:07Overnight we had crews out around the clock making sure that we got schools back online

00:13ready to get kids in classrooms.

00:15This Darwin primary school among nine closed today due to damage,

00:20with hopes all but three top-end schools will reopen for students tomorrow.

00:25We're resilient as a community, we all pull together.

00:28It's been nearly 48 hours without power for this father and son,

00:33but they're getting by with do-it-yourself know-how.

00:37You drag out all your camping gear, you drag out your camp cooker.

00:42Their biggest fear during FINA? Missing the cricket.

00:46We were scared we were going to miss out but we decided we'd do the probably not so smart decision

00:50and use the last of our phone battery to stream the ashes.

00:54They're among around 6,000 residents still without power.

00:58That important work though of restoring power to homes is incredibly critical,

01:03as people begin to tire of, of course, living in that situation.

01:07Disaster relief funding to be made available for some of those hit hard by FINA.

01:13I'm among the thousands of people who have gone without power since Cyclone FINA.

01:18While it hasn't been the worst thing in the world, we've had to lose a lot of food

01:22and it's hardly ideal sleeping without ceiling fans in the steamy Darwin conditions.

01:27But there's something about this city that people seem to be able to just pull together when times are tough.

01:33Neighbours have brought over food for us to sharing, so great community vibe in the ANT.

01:40FINA no match for the spirit of Darwin.

01:43farmers healing

01:47pthat

01:52Theyings

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01:59spectator

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02:02spar

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