TROPICAL Cyclone Alfred has buried a bridge under water at Borroloola.
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Roper Gulf Regional Council mayor Tony Jack has today photographed the current height of the McArthur River in Borroloola.
He estimated the road/bridge to be about 3.2m below the surface of the water.
The cyclone has had its first impact in the Katherine region with the postponement of ordinary meeting of council scheduled for Wednesday at Mataranka.
Heavy wet season inundation and the emergence of a Tropical Cyclone in the Gulf of Carpentaria has forced Roper Gulf Regional Council to postpone the meeting.
Chief executive officer Michael Berto said the postponement was unavoidable due to the weather conditions created by Tropical Cyclone Alfred.
The council will announce the date of the rescheduled meeting, which will still be held in Mataranka, in coming weeks.
The Bureau of Meteorology is set to release updated information on the cyclone’s track this afternoon.
The cyclone has sustained winds near the centre of 75 kilometres per hour with wind gusts to 95 kilometres per hour.
It is located 120 kilometres northeast of Borroloola and 190 kilometres south southeast of Alyangula and is moving south southeast at eight kilometres per hour.
The bureau said tropical cyclone Alfred is expected to remain at category 1 intensity as it moves slowly southeast towards the southern Gulf of Carpentaria coast.
The cyclone is expected to cross the coast west of the NT/Queensland border early tomorrow.