Northern Queensland continues to prepare for what is expected to be the worst cyclone to hit the state in six years.
Thousands of residents have been evacuated, some flights have been cancelled and schools and universities shut campuses.
Warnings are in place for residents from Lucinda to St Lawrence including Townsville, Ayr, Mackay, and the Whitsunday Islands, and inland of Bowen including Collinsville.
Tropical cyclone Debbie is expected to be a category 4 when it makes landfall somewhere between Rollingstone and Proserpine tomorrow (28/03) morning.
Queensland Fire and Emergency Services commissioner Katarina Carroll says more than 1000 emergency services staff plus Australian Defence Force personnel are being deployed.
