Tropical Cyclone Fina is slowly approaching the Northern Territory coast and is expected to intensify to a category 2 storm.

The Bureau of Meteorology has warned that Darwin, the Tiwi Islands, Dundee Beach to Warruwi, inland to Batchelor, Cobourg Peninsula, Minjilang, Gunbalanya, Pirlangimpi, Milikapiti and Wurrumiyanga are in the firing line and will feel the impacts of the looming system.

Up to 300mm of rainfall is forecast, which is feared to trigger flash flooding in the Tiwi Islands and the Finniss, Adelaide, Mary, Wildman, South Alligator, East Alligator and the Goomadeer rivers.

LIVE BLOG: 'Shelter' warning issued as Cyclone Fina approaches 

The last time Darwin saw a cyclone of this magnitude was Tropical Cyclone Marcus, which made landfall as a category two storm

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