Small but heavy hail was reported in Maroochydore and there have been multiple reports of downed trees on social media. The weather bureau s severe thunderstorm remains active with the potential to produce damaging winds, large hail and heavy rainfall causing flash flooding. The weather bureau has warned of a very dangerous storm on Queensland s southeast coast. Picture: Bureau of Meteorology Queensland Fire and Emergency Services advises that people should: Move your car under cover or away from trees. Secure loose outdoor items. Seek shelter, preferably indoors and never under trees. Avoid using the telephone during a thunderstorm. Beware of fallen trees and powerlines.
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UPDATE 7.50AM: State Emergency Service volunteers have been called to more than 60 jobs overnight as residents battered by a ferocious storms count the cost of damage to their homes and neighbourhoods. Sunshine Coast area controller Brendan Casement said the worst hit areas appeared to be Little Mountain, Currimundi, Aroona, Moffat Beach and Battery Hill. Sharna Sorrell posted a photo of storm damage to her Coast home. He said trees had fallen through rooves in parts of Little Mountain and Aroona while minor flash flooding had caused water to go into homes at Moffat Beach. He said his crews had received 64 call-outs to help with storm damage up until 7.30am Sunday.
We had three gazebos and the only reason they didn t fly away was because we were holding onto them, he said. They all were all pegged down properly with ropes and pegs but the wind just lifted them straight out of the ground. At one stage one of the gazebos had lifted straight up off the ground about 1m in the air and we had to jump up and grab it. Mr Nielson said the worst of the storm only lasted about 10 minutes, but the rain was so heavy he could hardly see a few metres in front of him.