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Tiwi Islanders brace for Grant’s first strike

By NADJA FLEET 2 by the time it travelled into Gales with gusts up to They said the last ferry left About 2500 people live on CYCLONE TIPS the . 110km/h were expected Darwin for Mandorah at 6pm the and they are REMOTE Territory islands Resident Nazario Iled, 63, to develop between Cape yesterday and the service no strangers to cyclones. I The weather bureau will north of Darwin were last said people at Nguiu on Bath- Fourcroy and Milingimbi, in- would not resume until the Category 4 storm Neville give you the latest up-to- night expected to feel the first urst Island were not panick- cluding the Tiwi Islands, cyclone warning for the re- hit Tiwi Islands in April 1992, date cyclone predictions. brunt of a . ing about the storm. early today. Fly Tiwi can- gion was lifted. causing structural damage. For the latest info go to The Tiwi Islands were put But he said he would pre- celled all flights to the is- Parts of the Tiwi Islands And Cyclone Kay struck in www.bom.gov.au/ on a cyclone warning as a fer the beast travelling away lands for Christmas today received more than 100mm of April 1987. cyclone/ tropical low north of the is- from the islands. and is considering resuming rain since 9am yesterday. The Category 1 storm for- lands was threatening to ‘‘I hope it will go up into its services tomorrow. But Mr Iled, who came to med off the north coast of the I TIO sends weather alerts turn into Cyclone Grant the Indian Ocean,’’ he said. Three flights left from Dar- Tiwi from the Philippines Tiwi Islands, re-intensified via email or SMS. early today. The low was last night win yesterday. about seven years ago, said in the Indian Ocean and went To sign up for the service The weather bureau pre- about 190km north northeast Sea Cat Ferries stopped the weather was otherwise on to sink two Indonesian visit tiofi.com.au/alerts dicted the slow-moving of Darwin and was moving travelling to the islands on calm. ‘‘There is no ,’’ Mr fishing trawlers with the loss K storm would reach Category southwest at 1km/h. December 19. Iled said. of 16 lives. Y M C COLOR: 7 PAGE: 25-DEC-2011 DATE:

Cyclone Tracy, 1974 , 2006 Tracking NT NEWS the wind PUB:

THE Top End has withstood some pretty hefty weather over the years, including sev- eral cyclones that have hit communities off the coast as well as the mainland. These tracking maps show how our previous cyclones Cyclone Carlos, 2011 , 2008 , 2007 have hit the Territory. Keep in real touch Pubs won’t close Watch storm on web

SOME say newspapers are ‘‘This is sensational and DRINKERS were turfed off ‘‘It’s far too early to WATCH Cyclone Grant as it group of weather enthusi- unable to deliver the news extremely thorough news their stools as pubs were speculate if that would be bears down on the Territory asts from the when it happens — but they reporting,’’ one reader said suddenly ordered to close necessary, but it’s not a de- coast through seven differ- Storm Chasers and XWeath- are wrong. on ntnews.com.au during Cyclone Carlos in cision I would take lightly,’’ ent webcams on the NT erLive.com The NT News has em- And cyclone tracking February. And Police Com- he said. ‘‘The Counter Dis- News website. Ben Quinn, 32, who found- braced the online world to maps, the latest from the missioner John McRoberts aster Council would take There are seven cameras ed the Brisbane Storm the fullest in a bid to ensure weather bureau and warn- has distanced himself from very good advice from the mounted in Darwin city, the Chasers’ website, said the it delivers to readers the ings from emergency serv- such a bold decision in the Bureau of , we northern suburb of Millner, cameras would record 24/7 most up-to-date information ices are put on Facebook face of another cyclone. would consider the time, Palmerston, Noonamah and and would allow people to as it breaks. and Twitter for our 9000 fans He said he doesn’t close place, the circumstance.’’ at Maningrida on the Arn- watch the cyclone roll in. Mr A live feed has been open- and 2000 Tweets to see. pubs, and that the Counter But he said he wasn’t hem Land coast. Quinn has built the Austral- ed on ntnews.com.au to Stay informed on the cyc- Disaster Council would sure it would be an issue as The stunning collection of ian Weathercam Network of share information and ans- lone development and visit make a call and refer it to many pubs might not open eyes-to-the-sky are brought 50 high definition webcams wer questions immediately. us on any of the outlets. the Licensing Commission. on Christmas Day. to you thanks to a dedicated around . www.sundayterritorian.com.au Sunday, December 25, 2011. Sunday Territorian. 7