Power out in Mt Crosby after tree hits electricity line

Power is out in western suburbs after this power pole came down in Powells Rd, Mt Crosby when a band of storms swept across the southeast cutting power to just over 30,000 homes.

Storm clouds over the southwest.

A broad band of storms swept across southeast Queensland this afternoon cutting power to just over 30,000 Energex customers (as of 3pm) across the region.

The storms are expected to continue into the evening.

This power pole came down just after 1.30pm in Powell’s Rd, Mt Crosby, where power is expected to be out until late tonight.

Tangled mess... this street at Mt Crosby is without power and so is the rest of the suburb.

By 4.30pm approximately 5,000 of those customers had had power restored.

In a similar pattern to yesterday afternoon’s storms, destructive winds, lightning and heavy rain affected areas from Murgon and south to Toowoomba as the storms cells moved the southeast towards the coast.

Destruction from this afternoon’s storm at Mt Crosby.

High winds and flying debris brought down 207 powerlines across the southeast.

Powerlines were also brought down on the Bay Islands – of Russell, Lamb and Macleay islands.

Damage to the network has been so significant that some customers in Redland Bay, Mt Crosby, the Bay Islands and surrounding areas – may not have power restored until possibly into Monday.

In excess of 80,000 lightning strikes were recorded across the region through the event commencing at midday – to 4pm.

In preparation for the storms, extra resources and crews were put on standby in all Energex depots in SEQ – to respond promptly.