Severe thunderstorms set to hit south-east Queensland
Damaging winds and heavy rainfall hit areas including Brisbane and the Gold Coast on Wednesday afternoon.
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Damaging winds and heavy rainfall hit areas including Brisbane and the Gold Coast on Wednesday afternoon.
Damaging winds and heavy rainfall hit areas including Brisbane and the Gold Coast on Wednesday afternoon.
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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 Brisbane, with at least two vehicles caught in floodwater at Moorooka. Rain gushes in through the b...