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Organisers say the yacht's crew are uninjured and will continue in the race after their vessel was struck by lightning as incredible pictures of huge storms and hail are captured around the state.

“Supercell” storms that could bring giant hail, destructive wind gusts and heavy rainfall are possible over coming days, as widespread showers shift to the east coast.

“Supercell” storms that could bring giant hail, destructive wind gusts and heavy rainfall are possible over coming days, as widespread showers shift to the east coast.

Premium Content Subscriber only Southeast Queensland was smashed by severe thunderstorms on Wednesday evening, with giant hail, 100,000 lightning strikes, flash flooding and damaging winds. Brisbane’s peak-hour traffic was thrown into chaos with suspended trains, traffic light outages, flash flooding and hour-long delays to commuters through key inner-city routes. Energex reported about 11,000 properties without power at 6.30pm, most on the Sunshine Coast. Flash flooding was reported across ...

“You can’t rule it out (being severe), all the criteria is there. “Whether each individual cell can create enough energy to get organised it remains to be seen but it’s likely all the three main criteria.” Mr Markworth said large hail, damaging winds and heavy rainfall of between 50-60mm were all possible in coming days. He said Monday was due to be fine and sunny with maximum temperatures of 26C for Maroochydore. From Thursday the storms were due to gradually clear. More Stories

by Nilsson Jones, Torny Miller 11th May 2021 5:09 AM Severe thunderstorms swept across parts of southeast Queensland late on Monday night. Just before midnight thunderstorms were detected on the weather radar near Toowoomba and Crows Nest. They were heading east towards Brisbane and were expected to hit Gatton, the area west of Esk and the area northwest of Esk by 12.10am and Laidley, Esk and the area south of Esk by 12.40 am. D...

Heavy rainfall dumped on SEQ ahead of long weekend We’re sorry, this service is currently unavailable. Please try again later. Dismiss Normal text size Advertisement Heavy rainfall has pelted south-east Queensland in time for the long weekend, with more than 100 millimetres being dumped on the Sunshine Coast overnight. South-east Queensland will see more showers this weekend. Credit:Fairfax Media Bureau of Meteorology forecaster Peter Markworth said Bells Creek South copped 136 millimetres. �...

An intense rain band bringing heavy falls is smashing parts of southeast Queensland with up to 88mm recorded. The rain is set to continue today.

by Tanya French Premium Content Subscriber only Heavy rainfall and localised flash flooding has lashed the southeast coast with water over roads and more rain on the way. Up to 137mm of rain has fallen in parts of the Sunshine Coast as a coastal trough draws in high rainfall totals. Caloundra has recorded 120mm in the last 24 hours to midday, while Bells Creek South has seen 137mm of falls. Localised flooding in Sandgate and Carseldine has been caused by u...

Heavy rain is expected to continue through the weekend with showers predicted to peak again overnight, the weather bureau said. The Sunshine Coast has been hit with heavy rainfall with some areas recording up to 137mm of rain since Friday. Forecaster Peter Markworth said widespread rain was set to continue across the long weekend until conditions start to ease on Tuesday. "Were expecting these showers to continue throughout the day with the rain peaking again overnight," he said. Across th...