00:00 Severe Tropical Cyclone Fina has passed Darwin and the Tiwi Islands at category three strength, with the weather system’s gale-force winds leaving a path of destruction as it continues west into the ocean. Fina was the Northern Territory’s strongest cyclone to pass Darwin since the deadly Cyclone Tracy in 1974. The system was also more powerful than Cyclone Marcus, which passed Darwin as a category two in 2018. Now tracking west-south-west, Severe TC Fina is picking up strength over the Timor Sea and is expected to move over the top of Western Australia in the coming days.
02:11 ABC reporter Olivana Lathouris on trying to get a sense of when things will return to normal.
03:12 Despite the massive clean-up ahead for Darwin, the city’s resilience has shone through as locals pick up the pieces ready to move on.
05:20 With power still down across parts of Darwin, Power and Water crews are working to restore as many homes as possible.
08:22 ABC meteorologist Nate Byrne on experiencing his first cyclone, and Fina’s path from here.
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