Lia Finocchiaro has urged Top End residents to make sure they have prepared their homes and cyclone kits as Cyclone Fina slowly tracks towards the coast.

The system is expected to turn to the south today then southwest towards the northern coast of the Top End.  

It should approach the Cobourg Peninsula and Tiwi Islands on Friday, impacting areas over the northwest coast of the Top End. Cyclone Fina is forecast to maintain category 2 intensity in coming days but an increase to category 3 on Friday or Saturday as it nears land remains a possibility. 

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