Tropical Cyclone Megan: residents warned to prepare for strong winds and rain as system forms off NT

Bureau of Meteorology expects tropical low to develop into cyclone on Saturday

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Northern Territory residents have been warned to prepare for destructive wind gusts, heavy rainfall and potential flooding as a second cyclone in as many months forms over the eastern coast.

The warning comes just a month after ex-tropical cyclone Lincoln crossed the territory’s coast in the southern Gulf of Carpentaria as a category one, bringing high winds, heavy rainfall and minor to moderate flooding.

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