Residents in Australia’s north are being warned a tropical low looming off the coast could develop into a category two cyclone within days.

Eyes remain fixed to northern Western Australia and the Northern Territory as a tropical low develops over the Timor Sea.

The Bureau of Meteorology said the tropical low, dubbed 02U, is currently located about 250km northwest of Darwin and was travelling slowly on an east to northeast track.

The current conditions in the northern part of the country are “favourable” for cyclone development, meaning tropical low 02U could develop into a category two tropical cyclone as early as Thursday afternoon.

It would then be known as Tropical Cyclone Fina.

“It is quite a broad mass of just cloud and storms at the moment, but over the last day or so, we have s

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