Tropical cyclone Fina strikes Australia's Northern Territory, shuts airport

FILE PHOTO: A man carrying an umbrella walks past the Sydney Opera House in Sydney, Australia, November 21, 2025. - Reuters

SYDNEY: The Australian city of Darwin's international airport remained shuttered on Sunday (Nov 23) after a tropical cyclone brought destructive winds to the Northern Territory capital overnight.

Fina, a category three cyclone, was on Sunday clocking wind gusts of up to 205kph as it moved away from Northern Territory capital Darwin after passing the city late on Saturday as a "severe tropical cyclone", the nation's Bureau of Meteorology said.