Queensland’s storm damage hot spots have revealed, as new figures show more than 27,000 weather-related home insurance claims were made in the past year, as more wild weather is likely ahead of the Christmas season.
The Bureau of Meteorology has forecast a high chance for thunderstorms to smash Brisbane on Saturday potentially throwing the Gabba Test into disarray.
Several roads across Brisbane are closed off to traffic on Wednesday morning, after the heavy rainfall caused flash flooding after a slow moving rain bomb.
South East Queensland has been drenched with widespread falls up to 66mm but the showers are expected to ease today.
South East and Central Queensland are bearing the brunt of widespread rainfall that is causing flash flooding impacting roads across the state including a major highway. See the full list of roads that have been impacted here. FREE READ
Shocked locals have described a torrential downpour that flooded outback Queensland as the “whole of November’s rainfall in just one hour”.
Authorities have warned drivers could die if they take on flood waters – after the deaths of nine people in this region in the past two years – as one council admits its drainage system was never designed for such a huge volume of rain.
Queenslanders should brace for a very wet and hot summer the Bureau of Meteorology has warned, as central parts of the state brace for a drenching over the next 24 hours.
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Drenching rain has settled over much of central and southern Queensland with totals up almost 100mm over the past 24 hours. See how much fell where you live.
Brisbane is expected to cop more rain across the rest of the week, following Tuesday’s large, slow-moving deluge.
More severe weather is expected to lash southeast Queensland this week with a slow-moving rain bomb approaching the coast after dumping more than 80mm on Warwick in one hour.
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