Our first tropical cyclone of the season has been hurling heavy rain over the western Top End leading to flooding in Darwin. Over 300mm of rain cascaded across the city over the weekend with a whopping 294mm falling in just 48 hours. The city typically cops a Summer soaking but this rain has been more intense than usual- in fact the highest 2 day rain total in 11 years.
The category 1 tropical cyclone is moving in a westerly direction parallel to Western Australia’s Kimberley coast. Heavy rain is possible in the North Kimberley tonight and tomorrow which may lead to stream rises and flooding.
A Cyclone Warning continues for coastal areas from Kuri Bay to Wyndham and coastal areas from Kuri Bay to Cape Leveque are on Cyclone Watch. Computer models are predicting that the cyclone will intensify into a category 2 system tomorrow.
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