Hailstones, flash flooding and winds gusting at speeds greater than 125km/h forecast in worst of the stormsVery dangerous thunderstorms were bearing down on parts of southern Queensland on Monday night, with several severe weather warnings issued and damaging winds and large hailstones forecast. As the storm moved towards the coast on Monday afternoon, the Bureau of Meteorology issued two severe thunderstorm warnings. Initially, the storms were forecast to affect areas further south but it appeared much of Brisbane and the Gold Coast had been spared. The storms came as the state’s south-east continues to mop up after the weekend. Energex crews are still working to restore electricity to about 750 homes from the Gold Coast to the Somerset region after powerful wind gusts felled trees and power lines during weekend storms.

Source: The Guardian October 30, 2017 07:52 UTC