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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Joe Hinchliffe and Douglas Smith

‘Eerily silent’: Cape York residents batten down the hatches ahead of Tropical Cyclone Narelle’s arrival

Rangers screw metal sheets over window of house
Rangers from Kalan Enterprises helping Coen residents secure their buildings in preparation for Tropical Cyclone Narelle’s arrival on Friday morning. Photograph: Kalan Enterprises

In some ways, it seemed a pleasant, wet season morning in the remote Aboriginal community of Coen in tropical far north Queensland on Thursday – and Sara Watkins was preparing for a sausage sizzle.

“It’s a day that you’d spend going fishing,” she said.

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