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.
Wild weather has battered South East Queensland for a second night in a row, with multiple supercell storms bringing down trees, halting trains and flooding streets. And there’s more to come on Friday.
About 1700 South East Qld homes and businesses remain without power this morning following last night’s “ferocious” supercells which recorded more than 215,000 lightning strikes.
Flood warnings have been issued as weather forecasters warn Southeast Queensland is expected to be smashed with severe storms on Wednesday.
Damaging wind gusts of up to 146km/h were recorded in northwest Qld and 47mm of rain fell in 30 minutes as severe thunderstorms lashed the state’s south.
The Brisbane concert of Canadian pop singer Tate McRae has been interrupted by storms, with concertgoers urged to seek shelter.
Soaring humidity is adding to the extreme heatwave affecting a vast portion of Queensland, as temperatures are again set to climb well into the 40s in places, and there’s no respite for the weekend.
Millions are set to be hit by temperatures up to seven degrees above average for this time of year as a heatwave sweeps one state.
Queensland is firmly in the grip of a “severe heatwave”, with temperatures soaring well past 40C in places, after peaking at 45C on Wednesday, while widespread areas are on alert for thunderstorms.
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