Brevard County will be begin distribution of sandbags from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday at Mitchell Ellington Park, 577 Hall Road, Merritt Island.
“Due to significant rain on north Merritt Island over the past few weeks and in anticipation of potential impacts from Tropical Depression 9, free sandbags will be available” to county residents, Brevard County Communications Director Don Walker said.
Additional sandbag distribution locations will be offered in north, central and south Brevard, beginning Sunday. Location details and hours of operation will be announced Saturday afternoon.
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Forecasters believe Tropical Depression 9 will become a hurricane by Monday.
Various projected storm paths take it over western Cuba, then into the Gulf of Mexico, with a possible landfall somewhere on Florida’s west coast. Some paths then take the storm through the Florida peninsula.
Sand for the Merritt Island sandbag distribution is being provided by Brevard County Public Works.
The Brevard County Sheriff’s Office will have supervised inmate work crews filling and loading sandbags for residents.
There is a limit of 10 sandbags per vehicle.
Additionally, the county says sandbags can be purchased at home improvement stores and filled with dirt from your property. The county says people should not fill sandbags with sand from the beach.
All events at Mitchell Ellington Park on Saturday have been canceled.
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