Schools are closed and public transport has stopped as rare cyclone approaches Australian coast
Schools are closed, public transport has stopped and desperate residents are getting around shortages of sandbags by buying sacks of potting mix as a region of eastern Australia is lashed by wind and rain from a rare approaching tropical cyclone
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