Top End residents are assessing damage this morning and starting clean-up after a rough night of damaging winds and heavy rain as tropical cyclone Fina passed through.

Emergency authorities had advised Darwin households on Friday to stay indoors or in emergency shelters until the all-clear was given.

The category-three cyclone brought destructive winds and heavy rain to remote Tiwi Islands before hitting Darwin and surrounds on Saturday and Sunday.

Winds gusted up to 100km/h at Darwin Airport overnight, the Bureau of Meteorology reported.

Fina is currently tracking just northwest of Darwin, slowly moving away from the coast, where it is expected to strengthen into a category four system.

Northern Territory Police incident controller Kirsten Engels urged residents to stay at home Frida

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