Frost on cards as state faces chilling weather U-turn
Queensland will experience the four seasons this week with a “topsy turvy” forecast to include heavy rainfall, severe storms, heatwaves, icy winds and potential frost.
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Pack a brolly as rain on radar for Cup day celebrations
Blue skies and balmy temperatures in southeast Queensland are tipped to make way for showers and storms on Tuesday for the race that stops a nation.
5cm hail, wind, rain smash SEQ in face of ‘supercellular’ threat
Multiple severe thunderstorms have swept through the southeast corner, including reports of 5cm hail, following a ‘supercellular’ threat.
Fire, floods and 41C heat storm: Extreme weather triad sweeps Qld
Queensland is in the grip of a brutal weather triad, with floods, storms and a scorching heatwave impacting broad areas of the state.
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Southeast ‘cold snap’: Temps could drop by 7C
The rain’s stopped and the humidity is on the way out but southeast Queensland is looking down the barrel of more ‘unusual’ weather, with temperatures set to plummet as a cyclone brews in the north.
When rain will return to the southeast
After a few days of sunshine and hot temperatures, storms and showers are set to return to southeast Queensland — and last for several days.
The farmers who didn’t benefit from the rain
While the rest of Queensland celebrates the recent downpour, farmers in this region say the rain won’t have any meaningful impact on this season’s crop.
Residents return as dam threat continues
Residents have returned to their homes despite the continued threat of a major wall collapse at a Darling Downs quarry dam.
BURST DAM: Risk to homes remains low say engineers
Water gushing from the broken Bolzan Quarry Dam – located south of Toowoomba – has spilled over a levy bank and is flowing into a nearby creek system – but the risk to homes remains low. SEE THE DRONE FOOTAGE
How much rain we need to break drought
Some areas of southeast Queensland have eclipsed their rainfall totals from last year in under two months, but most of the state remains drought-declared.
1000mm dump: More than a year’s worth of rain in six weeks
Parts of Queensland have received more rain in the first two months of 2020 than in the entirety of 2019, with one location copping 1000mm.
Major highway closed after record rainfall
A major highway and several schools are closed after another deluge overnight caused more flooding and broke the total February rainfall record for at least one location. FULL LISTS OF SCHOOL CLOSURES AND BIG RAINFALLS
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