00:02More than 500 residents of a remote community in the east of the Northern Territory are
00:07being evacuated to Darwin ahead of the impact of tropical cyclone Norell.
00:13The residents of Numbulwa will be staying in a high school gym, which will be fenced
00:18off from the rest of the school, which will continue as normal.
00:22In the east communities of the Northern Territory, Groot Island and Boralula, they're bracing
00:28for impact. It's expected to be a Category 3 system when it does hit the coast, and emergency
00:34services say police have been bolstered in the region to help prepare the communities
00:40for that impact. The system is then expected to track across the Northern Territory. Currently
00:46Catherine is expected to be impacted by the system, which could cause moderate flooding
00:53in that area, which is already inundated with water from severe flooding in the past few
01:00weeks. As the system moves across, it is expected that it will have slight impacts to Darwin.
01:06We will be seeing a little bit of wind and rain, although it isn't expected to cross Darwin as
01:13it moves further west. Now, for flood impacted residents, we've also heard today that public
01:20housing rent will be paused until flood impacted residents can get back into their homes and
01:27pastoralists' rent will also be paused for a period of up to a year. For now, residents
01:34are being warned to get ready in case of emergency, update their cyclone kits and have their emergency
01:42plans ready as tropical cyclone Norell crosses across Australia.
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