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Weather Threat Eases in Far North Queensland

by | Thu, Dec 30 2021

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The tropical cyclone alert for the Northern Territory has been cancelled but residents have been urged to prepare for heavy rain and damaging winds.

Forecasters had warned that a tropical low brewing north of Darwin over Christmas could intensify into a category one Boxing Day cyclone.

But the Bureau of Meteorology downgraded the alert late on Saturday, saying the weather system would remain a tropical low.

“It did not spend enough time over water to intensify to tropical cyclone strength,” spokeswoman Jude Scott told reporters on Sunday.

The low crossed the coast about 150km southwest of Darwin overnight and is currently moving slowly southeast across the Daly region.

It is expected to travel into the Gulf of Carpentaria on Tuesday towards Queensland where it may form into a cyclone.

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