Just the beginning of wild weather in Queensland.
6000 lightning strikes, heavy hail and strong winds cut power to 7,000 as more storms are predicted for today.
If you are in the path of this severe weather formation, I suggest that you do get your cars and valuables out of harm’s way. There’s some decent rocks coming down in this one.
A fierce storm that swept through south eastern Queensland has left two people injured and thousands without power.
A traffic controller was struck by lightning on the Gold Coast. She had no visible injuries but was taken to hospital as a precaution.
A 13-year-old boy was taken to hospital with hip and leg injuries when a tree fell on him at Forest Lake, in Brisbane’s southwest.
Electricity supplier Energex was working throughout the night to restore power to nearly 7,000 customers.
There were more than 6,000 lightning strikes during the storm that also brought strong winds and hail to the Gold Coast, Logan and Brisbane.
More storms are predicted today, the official start of summer, as Queensland gets ready for a heatwave. The mercury is tipped to soar past 40C in southern parts of state and a top of 38C is forecast for Brisbane on Friday, nine degrees above the December average.
