Articles by Cameron Atfield

Hail warning as SEQ braces for second straight day of storms

South-east Queenslanders have been warned of possible hail on Saturday afternoon, after storms passed through the region on Friday night. Those storms, which swept through the Brisbane about 6pm on Friday, dumped almost 22 millimetres on the city between 5pm and 7pm and, at its peak, left more than 3200 properties without power. The Bureau of Meteorology warned that, as of 1.20pm on Saturday, severe thunderstorms were forming west of Brisbane. “These thunderstorms are moving towards the east. They are forecast to affect Esk, southern Lake Wivenhoe and the area west of Warwick by 1.50 pm and Allora, the area north-west of Warwick and the area north of Warwick by 2.20pm,” the BOM warned.

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