A cyclone warning is cancelled, with the system downgraded to a tropical low that will bring heavy rain and squally winds to the Top End over Sunday.
The cyclone warning for the north-west Top End has been cancelled, with the tropical low near Darwin no longer expected to reach category one cyclone strength.The warning was cancelled overnightForecasters had predicted the system developing near the Tiwi Islands on Saturday could intensify into a Boxing Day cyclone on Sunday.
Authorities warned people in Dundee Beach, south of Darwin, to prepare for the cyclone to cross the coast near the town on Sunday afternoon.The bureau said the storm should cross the coast south of Dundee Beach as a tropical low overnight and move across the Top End on Sunday and Monday.Heavy rain and squally winds are still forecast across the Top End on Sunday.
A severe weather warning remains in place for a large part of the Top End from Wadeye to Galiwinku along the coast and inland to Katherine.Heavy rain and flash flooding is forecast in the warning zone, with falls of up to 300 millimetres possible in some areas. Dundee Beach is home to a few hundred locals, with holiday-makers from Darwin also visiting this weekend.
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