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Tropical Cyclone Fina to start impacting NT this morning

Tropical Cyclone Fina is currently a category 1 cyclone, but could intensify to a category 2 or category 3 storm later today.

Fina is forecast to further intensify to a severe tropical cyclone during Sunday afternoon in the southern Timor Sea. There continues to remain a chance that it could reach category 3 intensity earlier, during late Friday or early Saturday as it moves into the Van Diemen Gulf.

Source: www.theguardian.com

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Fire disrupts last-minute efforts to strike global deal at COP30

The United Nations climate talks in Brazil were shut down on Thursday after a fire broke out on site - disrupting last-minute efforts to strike a global deal.Source: feeds.skynews.comRead full article

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