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December 26th, 2011 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda
A cyclone warning for Darwin and many other areas has been cancelled as the category one storm weakens.
A TROPICAL cyclone over the Northern Territory appears to have weakened, but residents in remote areas east of Darwin have lost power and experienced minor flooding.
Darwinians were spared the worst of Tropical Cyclone Grant this morning, as it moved inland in a south-easterly direction towards Arnhem Land.
The cyclone was classed as a category two on Christmas night but was later downgraded to a less severe category one by the weather bureau, leading to the cancellation of a cyclone warning for the territory capital.
People living in Kakadu National Park haven’t been quite so lucky, with heavy rain causing minor flooding in the the tourist and mining town of Jabiru.
To the north, torrential downpours have cut off Croker Island residents from their airstrip and cut power supplies, while Goulburn Island’s sewage system is in need of repairs.
NT Police Superintendent Colin Smith said emergency crews were more concerned about localised flooding as the cyclone moved towards Queensland.
“The focus now has switched more to the possibility of flooding … depending on how much rainfall,” he said from Katherine.
“There’s been some localised flooding in Jabiru in the last few hours but there’s no need to conduct any evacuations at this stage.
“We’re just monitoring that at the moment.”
Police and territory government agencies met in Katherine this morning to work out the best way to repair flood and storm damaged areas adjacent to the Arafura Sea.
Mr Smith was just glad that Darwin was spared the worst.
“We’re all particularly relieved, particularly with the timing of Christmas Day,” he said.
“We can never know for certain how these things are going to pan out.”
Late on Monday morning, the cyclone weakened over land east of Point Stuart, west of Kakadu.
It was expected to weaken below cyclone intensity later today.
But gusts up to 100 km/h blew through Kakadu shortly before noon (CST), battering residents between Point Stuart and Oenpelli.
The Bureau of Meteorology said the cyclone was 50km south west of Oenpelli and 185km east of Darwin by late Monday morning, moving at 8km/h.
It was expected to reach the Gulf of Carpentaria on Wednesday morning.
The weather bureau’s assistant director of weather services, Alasdair Hainsworth, said small communities had experienced the full force of the cyclone Christmas night, among them the 300-strong Minjilang community on Croker Island.
Winds on nearby McCluer Island hit 120kmh at 6pm (CST) yesterday.
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