Tropical Cyclone Megan is expected to intensify into a category three system on Sunday evening as the tropical low brings huge rains to Groote Eylandt and causes power outages and flooding in Arnhem Land communities.
Tropical Cyclone Megan is expected to intensify into a category three system on Sunday evening.The cyclone is sitting in the Gulf of Carpentaria and is expected to move southward and make landfall on Monday night or Tuesday morning, before weakening.
The cyclone strengthened into a category two system on Saturday evening and was forecast to move slowly southwards towards the Carpentaria coast and intensify into a category three cyclone by Sunday evening, the Bureau of Meteorology said. She said it was the windiest and wettest storm she had experienced in her 17 years living on Groote Eylandt.
Darcy Mildenhall, a school teacher on the island, said some people were without water and power for 48 hours. "Throughout the storm, a lot of people in the community were supporting each other and helping each other out.
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