Hundreds of people are stranded in a remote Northern Territory town after Tropical Cyclone Megan made landfall on the Gulf of Carpentaria.
After building to a category three storm yesterday, Megan downgraded to category one overnight, the Bureau of Meteorology said.
Up to 700 people have been cut off in the town of Borroloola, about 50km from the coast.
Dangerous weather conditions have prevented evacuation aircraft from landing.
Dangerous wind gusts of up to 140km/hr have hit parts of the region.
Even though the storm has weakened, the BoM still forecasts gusts of up to 120km/hr in places, and of more than 80km/hr at Borroloola.
Heavy and intense rain is expected for the south-western Gulf of Carpentaria coast this morning, and may even extend into the Gulf Country in Queensland.
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As the storm moves inland today, that rain will also hit inland areas of the Carpentaria and northern Barkly districts.
Megan is forecast to weaken rapidly today, before tracking west across the Northern Territory as a tropical low.
