The impacts of a possible tropical cyclone near the Northern Territory-Queensland border could be felt within hours, according to the Bureau of Meteorology.
A warning is in place along the Gulf of Carpentaria, from Port Roper in the NT to Burketown in Queensland, including Mornington Island and the remote town of Borroloola.
"Regardless of whether this system reaches tropical cyclone strength ... we do expect to have very windy and very rainy conditions," BOM forecaster Shenagh Gamble said on Thursday.
"So communities within the warning area can expect to see gale force winds, with gusts of around 100 kilometres an hour in the next 24 hours."
Ms Gamble said the tropical low was expected to bring heavy rain and strong winds, particularly in the southern Gulf of Carpentaria region, before weakening.
Residents in Borroloola and surrounding areas have been urged to clear away any loose equipment from yards and avoid driving over flooded roads.
"If this system develops, it could develop quite quickly and it could develop into a stronger cyclone," Ms Gamble said.
"It could potentially develop into a category 2."
Telstra outage cuts connection in Borroloola
Access to critical information has been hampered in Borroloola due to an unexpected Telstra outage.
Telstra's NT regional general manager Nic Danks said the telco was working to rectify the issue.
"On Thursday morning Telstra's base station at Borroloola went offline, suspected due to a loss of main power," he said.
"Telstra techs are travelling by plane [this morning] to the site from Jabiru with a number of spare parts.
"Barring unforeseen circumstances, we should be able to restore services tomorrow."
Amanda Murphy, a pastoralist at Carpentaria Downs Station about 185 kilometres south-west of Borroloola, said she was used to managing cyclone threats at this time of the year.
"It's nothing different to what you normally get at this time of the year," she said.
"You come into the wet season being prepared for wild storms and heavy rain, so in all honesty we'll just embrace it as it comes and enjoy the rain."
Ms Murphy said it was important to stock up on frozen food, fuel and other supplies at the start of the wet season.
"We pack everything up," she said.
"We pack vehicles and other important bits of equipment under cover, trying to keep everything out of the rain or from getting damaged from branches."
Roper Gulf Regional Council chief executive Mark Gardiner said about 60 residents from Beswick, about 118km south-east of Katherine, had been evacuated into emergency accommodation in town due to flooding.
"A little bit of water coming through what we call bottom camp, an area of houses, about 30 houses, the water depth through the houses is about 80 centimetres so we evacuated about 10 homes to higher ground and we've assisted with the evacuations of another 22 homes," he said.
In the 48 hours to 11am Thursday, widespread rainfall totals of up to 110mm were recorded across the catchment area, with moderate flooding along the Waterhouse River.
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