Wind gusts of up to 220km/h expected to bring heavy rain and flooding to coastal communities
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Top End communities are bracing for the crossing of Tropical Cyclone Megan, with destructive wind gusts of up to 220km/h expected to bring widespread damage, heavy rainfall and potential flooding to coastal communities into next week.
The cyclone formed over the Gulf of Carpentaria, east of Groote Eylandt, on Saturday afternoon and was moving south towards the Northern Territory and Queensland border as a category-two system on Sunday morning.
Continue reading…Wind gusts of up to 220km/h expected to bring heavy rain and flooding to coastal communitiesFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastTop End communities are bracing for the crossing of Tropical Cyclone Megan, with destructive wind gusts of up to 220km/h expected to bring widespread damage, heavy rainfall and potential flooding to coastal communities into next week.The cyclone formed over the Gulf of Carpentaria, east of Groote Eylandt, on Saturday afternoon and was moving south towards the Northern Territory and Queensland border as a category-two system on Sunday morning. Continue reading…