More than 400 people were evacuated from the remote community of Warruwi on Monday as tropical cyclone Nathan strengthened off the Northern Territory coast and threatened to hit Goulburn Island as a category three.
The cyclone, which began over a week ago off the far-north Queensland coast, continued to move west at a slow pace, intensifying over the warm waters of the Arafura Sea. It was expected to reach category three on Monday night and the latest tracking data showed “pretty much a direct hit” on Goulburn Island, the director of NT emergency services, Andrew Warton told media.
“A category three tropical cyclone is going to pack winds between 165km/h and 224km/h. That can do damage to roofs ... trees and powerlines and some of the damage we’ve already seen.”
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