Another cyclone for Darwin
RESIDENTS in the Top End have been warned more wild weather could be on the way as they continue the clean-up from Cyclone Marcus.
The Bureau of Meteorology says a monsoon trough is redeveloping off the Northern Territory coast but it is too early to say if it will develop into another tropical cyclone.
“There is about a 10 per cent chance it will hit the far-north of the NT and WA from Friday, but our modelling will tell us more during the week,” a spokeswoman said.
Darwin residents are still mopping up from Cyclone Marcus, which brought down power lines and trees across the city.
“As you can imagine the tropical cyclone has left behind a path of destruction in the greater Darwin region,” Senator Nigel Scullion told federal parliament.
Power had been restored to 11,000 customers but 18,000 remained without electricity, including most of the region’s schools, the NT senator said.
“It is a very difficult time. I urge all Territorians to be patient and calm as authorities co-ordinate the clean-up effort and I encourage everyone to give each other a hand,” he said.
Students and non-essential Northern Territory public servants were told to stay home and public schools were closed.
As well, the Casuarina, Waterfront and Palmerston campuses of Charles Darwin University remain closed.