Top End residents are in cleanup mode after a night of damaging winds and heavy rain from Tropical Cyclone Fina.

Arriving as a category 3 system, Fina brought destructive winds and heavy downpours to remote Tiwi Islands communities, then Darwin and surrounds on Saturday and into Sunday.

On Sunday afternoon the cyclone intensified into a category 4 storm as it moved south-west towards the northeast Kimberley coast, but was expected to weaken quickly on Monday as it moved on.

With top gusts of 195km/h and sustained winds of 140km/h near the centre of the system, Fina tore down trees, damaged houses and cut power in many places across Darwin and surrounding areas. It also brought torrential rain, with 168.6mm falling at Darwin airport in the 24 hours to 9am Sunday.

The storm was the str

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