Queensland has sweltered through its hottest spring temperatures in over a century with parts of Queensland recording two months of rain in just four week – smashing rainfall records.
Storm activity eased off last night in South East Queensland and warm, humid weather is expected to stay for the rest of the week. A trough from the West however could see heavy rains return from Monday.
South East Queensland has woken to stifling humidity following explosive downpours on Sunday while Brisbane is on track to records its hottest spring on record.
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Storms caused carnage to large parts of Brisbane on Monday night, with power outages, fallen trees and crushed cars aplenty, with the potential for more storms later in the week.
Queenslanders should expect up to four cyclones near the coast, fires and flooding in the coming months, the state’s disaster co-ordinator has warned.
Heavy rain and hail have been recorded as a severe storm system moved across parts of the state on Thursday afternoon.
Storms producing large hail and damaging winds are tipped to rock southern Queensland, with wild weather expected from Thursday.
Amateur storm chasers are warning destructive storms are possible for large parts of southern Queensland this afternoon. It comes as temperatures soar over 36C in parts.
Temperatures of nearly 10C above the October average are set for parts of Queensland today and into the weekend with conditions prime for thunderstorms.
Parts of southern Queensland have been hammered by heavy rain and hail, with all storm warnings cancelled after another afternoon and evening of wild weather.
Brisbane smashed with thunder and lightning, while areas of the Gold Coast received 28mm of rain in just 10 minutes as storms – not severe enough to spark a BOM warning – hit the southeast.
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