Qld and NT set for cyclone to hit Monday

By Robyn Wuth and Michael Doyle
Updated February 23 2020 - 9:33pm, first published 9:27pm
A slow-moving tropical low could develop into Cyclone Esther in the Gulf of Carpentaria.
A slow-moving tropical low could develop into Cyclone Esther in the Gulf of Carpentaria.

Residents of two states are battening down the hatches as a slow-moving tropical low threatens to develop into Cyclone Esther in the Gulf of Carpentaria near the Northern Territory-Queensland border.