From one extreme to the next - keep updated with the latest news and warnings for Queensland weather
Thousands of Gold Coast residents and businesses hit hardest by the Christmas Day storm and subsequent deluge will have to wait until the weekend before their electricity is restored.
A Mary Valley farm owner has spoken about the ‘dramatic and traumatic’ carnage from a post-Christmas ‘mini tornado’ which threw chicken houses across paddocks and into each other. Watch the video
Premier Steven Miles has shown up at a press conference about the severe weather pounding the Gold Coast after he was slammed for taking holidays during the deluge. VOTE IN POLL
Lynnette Lynch bunkered down in her home during last week’s devastating storms, which she said sounded like a “row of freight trains”. Never did she think that would just be the beginning.
Temperatures in Queensland are rising, with the mercury climbing beyond 41C in the hottest part of the Outback and Brisbane city edging closer to the forecast maximum of 35C. The heat will continue for days, with little overnight relief in some places.
Temperatures are set to hit the mid 30s in South East Queensland this week, with the mercury to climb even higher in the west. It comes after a record-breaking spring, on many levels. FULL DETAILS
Despite Brisbane recording its coldest first day of summer in more than 130 years, an official record won’t be recorded because of a rule change.
Parts of Queensland have recorded huge rainfall figures over the past day as a massive falls in the past 24 hours, as a “record breaking” cold snap marks the start of summer. LATEST RAINFALL FIGURES
Thunderstorms and heavy rain are sweeping across huge sections of Queensland, bringing with them the real risk of flash flooding.
Severe storms have smashed the state’s south, with warnings still in place for heavy rain and large hailstones Monday night as the Sunshine Coast hinterland copped a 55mm downpour in half an hour.
Severe thunderstorms continue to smash South East Queensland, with one area hit with 55mm of rain in half an hour.
The state’s wet season is expected to come early this year with a monsoon trough set to drench Queensland as early as next week.
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