Watch: 449k lightning strikes as savage storms snap power poles, bring down trees
South East Queensland will be gripped by a brutal heatwave over the next four days after supercell storms wreaked havoc overnight. WATCH THE VIDEO
From one extreme to the next - keep updated with the latest news and warnings for Queensland weather
South East Queensland will be gripped by a brutal heatwave over the next four days after supercell storms wreaked havoc overnight. WATCH THE VIDEO
Most of Queensland is set for a drenching with severe thunderstorms, savage winds and hail forecast to hit.
Southern Queensland is in for more torrential rain and potential severe storms as a monster weather system that has drenched the region does a U-turn and re-intensifies.
Severe weather continues across southern Queensland with an early morning storm warning flagged flash flooding fears after 73mm fell in just three hours.
Thousands of people were without power after severe thunderstorms brought large hailstones, damaging winds and heavy rain to the state’s south on Tuesday.
Monster storms have slammed into South East Queensland overnight, dumping 250mm in just three hours, triggering flooding, landslides and evacuations.
Campers at the CMC Festival west of Brisbane were hit by intense rainfall overnight, leaving some tents and swags inundated and people sleeping in cars.
More than 60mm has been dumped on some Brisbane suburbs in less than a day, with the weather bureau warning severe thunderstorms are possible for the southeast this afternoon.
Parts of Queensland sweltered on Monday with maximums hitting close to 40C.
Queensland is in the firing line of a 2000km freak weather system, triggering unseasonal storms, drenching rain and renewed warnings of flooding.
Severe thunderstorms could bring a month’s worth of rainfall to parts of the state this week, after a winter of extremes that was the wettest in six years and the coldest in 15 years.
Queensland is set to be hammered by bad weather this week, with the possibility of severe storms and giant hail in some parts of the state, ahead of unseasonal rainfall for the South East.
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