A tropical cyclone that slammed into Queensland earlier than monitoring west has made landfall within the Northern Territory.
Cyclone Tiffany began crossing the coast as a class one system about 10am on Wednesday, the Bureau of Meteorology mentioned.
It’s presently east of Ngukurr, 635km south-east of Darwin, and south of Groote Eylandt, and heading west at 27km/h.
It was forecast to affect the NT’s gulf coast as a class two system however weakened in a single day.
The system is predicted to proceed monitoring west throughout the Prime Finish all through the day and weaken beneath cyclone energy over land.
A warning has been issued for communities from Alyangula to Port McArthur, together with Port Roper and the distant communities of Ngukurr and Numbulwar, 780km south-east of Darwin.
Wind gusts as much as 100km/h are doubtless from Port Roper to the Nathan River space.
A storm tide bringing damaging waves and flooding is probably going between close by Port McArthur and Alyangula, and on Groote Eylandt.
Heavy rain throughout elements of the Arnhem Land and Daly district could trigger flooding of low-lying areas as rivers rise.
