Four tornadoes have slammed into Queensland in the past month along with giant hail, dust storms and supercell thunderstorms. Experts say a trifecta of climate events is behind the extreme weather.
A wild hailstorm has rolled through Caboolture and 2000 homes are without power as warnings remain in place for several areas.
A nine-year-old Queensland girl who has spent more than a fifth of her life in hospital battling cancer is looking forward to her first magical Christmas in five years after beating the disease.
A home in central Queensland has been engulfed in flames after it was reportedly hit by lightning. The fire comes after rain and 85km/h winds lashed parts of the state.
One of the state’s top island destinations is already almost fully booked for the rest of the year and into January, as interstate bookings surge ahead of the border reopening. But if you miss out on a holiday there, there’s plenty more on offer. SEE THE LIST
Queenslanders enjoying the People’s Long Weekend from Friday can get a Covid shot with their ice-cream at a whole host of tourist-friendly locations including theme parks and surf life saving clubs up and down the coast, as the drive to get to 80 per cent fully vaxxed ramps up.
Houses have been flattened, people injured and cargo containers blown across runways in a series of tornadoes in Queensland. Here’s why they seem to be more prevalent at the moment.
A strategic property coach and his healing teacher wife have told a court they will fight their charges of failing to comply with health directives during Queensland‘s “strictest” lockdown.
Gold Coast residents seem unfazed by the risk of a new Covid-19 outbreak, as more than half of the shoppers taking to one of the region’s busiest retail precincts went without masks.
More extreme weather is expected to hit Queensland’s east coast today, with severe storm cells still threatening to form after record-breaking hail hit the regions.
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