Residents in Darwin have woken to assess the damage after Tropical Cyclone Fina swept through Australia's north delivering winds up to 200km/h and total rainfall of 157mm.

In December 2023, Cyclone Jasper crossed the far north Queensland coast near Wujal Wujal as a Category 2 system, unleashing destructive winds and torrential rain that caused major flooding, cut power to tens of thousands of homes and triggered landslips that shut key roads.

The first tropical cyclone of Australia’s storm season has developed off the country’s northern coast, where it is expected to gather strength and potentially take aim at land.