Evacuations, closures and sandbags as cyclone closes in

By Toby Crockford
Updated March 27 2017 - 7:55am, first published 7:00am
Huge piles of sand were dumped at Lou Lister Park for local residents to dig into with shovels and sandbags. Photo: Jorge Branco - Fairfax Media
Huge piles of sand were dumped at Lou Lister Park for local residents to dig into with shovels and sandbags. Photo: Jorge Branco - Fairfax Media

Schools, ports and beaches were closed, residents were evacuated and a large-scale sandbagging operation continued on Sunday, as Tropical Cyclone Debbie closed in.

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