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Residents are being told to secure their homes with sandbags and wooden boards, and to stock up on essentials.

He said residents had shovelled the stones and gravel to make barriers along with the sandbags to protect their homes.

City and county authorities worked to prepare vulnerable areas with sandbags on Monday, while law enforcement went door to door warning residents in burn scars about the risk of debris flows.

Householders have been taping up their windows, as businesses had sandbags delivered to put at their doorways to prevent coastal surges seeping into their properties.

Fresh food and bread were wiped off supermarket shelves as residents prepared to hunker down, while shop owners piled sandbags in front of their stores.