CANBERRA: The Australian government said on Sunday (Nov 23) that it is ready to support the Northern Territory (NT) after Tropical Cyclone Fina hit the city of Darwin on Saturday night.
Kristy McBain, Australia's minister for emergency management, told the Australian Broadcasting Corporation on Sunday that the federal government was working with the NT government to provide support, including any requests for funding from the Disaster Recovery Funding Arrangements.
The Bureau of Meteorology on Sunday morning downgraded its warning for Darwin, the Tiwi Islands and surrounding areas as the cyclone moved south-west over the southern Timor Sea.
The cyclone caused damage to buildings and power outages across the city, but as of Sunday morning, there had been no reported injuries, local media said.
The bureau said that Fina is forecast to remain a severe tropical cyclone during Sunday as it moves southwest, through the southern Timor Sea. It will start weakening on Monday as it nears the north of the northern coast of Western Australia. - Xinhua
