Cyclone Narelle: Northern Territory Braces for Category 3 Storm

0:00I'm Cory with the story, bringing you the latest from Sydney News today. Tropical Cyclone Arella is heading straight for the Northern Territories East Coast, expected to make landfall near Number War, late Saturday into Sunday morning as a Category 3 storm. It tore through far North Queensland yesterday as a Category 4 system before weakening to Category 2 in the Gulf of Carpentaria. Now brewing overnight in the Gulf, it's reorganizing with peak gusts around the center, reaching 190 to 200 kilometers per hour. Cyclone warnings cover areas from a hullen by, to poor MacArthur, including Boralula, Number War, Oliangula, and Gopawayak, while watches extend to, places like Remingening and Ingookir. Communities are gearing up, with folks on Groot Island sheltering in strong buildings by police stations and cyclone-rated homes. Some homelands evacuated residents to safer spots in a hullen by, using planes and vehicles. Bringing relief to families and older structures.

1:02Even workers at the GMCO mine are pulling back per their plans. As it crosses the coast and moves west, expects heavy rain pushing saturated areas toward more flooding, especially around Catherine, with up to two. Hundred millimeters possible. The Darwin River Dam is already at 101% capacity after last week's pump failures, so crews are adding safeguards amid fresh, downpours. Long winds and rain will start battering the warning zones, Saturday afternoon, with the system downgrading to a tropical low inland. Stay tuned to Bureau of Meteorology updates as it tracks further west.