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The roof of a Woolworths grocery store has collapsed after extreme thunderstorms ravaged Queensland, bringing hailstones of as much as 7cm and downpours of 86mm in simply an hour.
The Gold Coast city of Mudgeeraba was hit with 100mm of rain over six hours with 86mm in an hour and 69mm falling in simply half-hour.
Close by Burleigh Waters recorded 122mm of rainfall, whereas 87mm fell in Evandale and 75mm in Carrara.
Hailstones as much as 7cm have been additionally recorded north of Injune within the state’s west round 1.20pm on Wednesday afternoon.
Different elements of the state – Central Coast and Whitsundays, Central Highlands and Coalfields, Capricornia and Huge Bay and Burnett Forecast Districts – have been additionally warned of extreme thunderstorms.
‘Extreme thunderstorms are prone to produce heavy rainfall that will result in flash flooding, massive hailstones and damaging winds within the warning space over the following a number of hours. Places which can be affected embrace Biloela, Blackwater, Moranbah, Baralaba, Marlborough and Mount Morgan,’ the alert states.
A extreme thunderstorm warning for heavy rainfall has additionally been issued for southeast Queensland, together with Cherbourg, elements of Gympie and South Burnett Council areas.
Greater than 2400 Energex prospects have additionally been left with out energy as of 5.30pm in line with the Courier Mail, with 2115 of these within the Moreton Bay area, 110 within the Lockyer Valley, 140 within the Scenic Rim, 58 at Somerset and 14 on the Sunshine Coast.
The roof of Woolworths in Morayfield caved in throughout the storms. Image: Contributed
Folks in affected areas have been suggested to park vehicles undercover away from timber, shut doorways and home windows, maintain bronchial asthma medicines shut by, and cost cellphones and energy banks in case of energy outages.
Folks have additionally been urged to maintain pets someplace protected and to not drive until it’s a must to.
‘Go inside a robust constructing now. Keep inside till the storm has handed,’ the warning states.
The alerts come after Queensland was struck by 200,000 lightning strikes in a single day on Tuesday throughout a spate of untamed climate that’s set to proceed on Wednesday, the Bureau of Meteorology has warned.
Senior meteorologist Angus Hines, talking on Wednesday morning, mentioned Queensland ought to count on to obtain extra ‘extreme thunderstorm’ warnings later within the day because the storms develop.
‘Afterward Wednesday, as soon as the storm exercise begins to develop, it’s doubtless a number of extreme thunderstorm warnings will probably be issued and up to date all through the second half of the day as we speak, displaying the place the storms are, the place they’re monitoring over the following couple of hours.’
He mentioned extreme storms have been ‘most certainly’ to happen over inland locations west of Toowoomba, however they might not be dominated out elsewhere.
Heavy rainfall can also be forecast for the state’s southeast.
‘Alongside the southeast coast vital accumulations of rain are potential within the subsequent 24 hours, with or with out thunderstorms,’ Mr Hines mentioned.
‘Between 50-100mm, presumably much more, may happen alongside the Queensland coast north of Brisbane, notably round locations just like the Sunshine Coast and Noosa.’
The stormy climate follows a wild Tuesday throughout the southeast.
Weatherzone stories some 200,000 lightning strikes have been recorded throughout the world within the afternoon and into the night.
The bureau recorded a wind gust of 87km/h at Banana Financial institution off the Brisbane coast and 54mm of rain at Spherical Mountain.
‘The extreme storms have been shifting swiftly on Tuesday afternoon … they did not keep in a single spot for too lengthy,’ Mr Hines mentioned.
Mr Hines mentioned a ‘coastal trough’ alongside the southeast coast of the state was driving the storm exercise.
Nevertheless Bureau of Meteorology meteorologist Christie Johnson mentioned extreme thunderstorms throughout southeast Queensland and northeast NSW are set to ease on Thursday, with ‘simply the slight probability of some extreme thunderstorms bringing damaging wind gusts in elements of Queensland’.
‘There may be nonetheless the slight probability of extreme thunderstorms bringing damaging winds,’ Ms Johnson mentioned.
Showers are set to proceed by means of north NSW, nonetheless they need to ease throughout the day, with Sydney tipped to achieve a prime of 24C.
Canberra is ready for a frosty begin, although temperatures are set to achieve a excessive of 23C.
A windy day is forecast for Victoria with a chilly entrance shifting by means of, with temperatures set to hit a excessive of 20C.
‘There may be the potential for damaging wind gusts in regards to the Otways and the central ranges, a extreme climate warning is present for that,’ Ms Johnson mentioned.
‘We do have excessive fireplace hazard by means of the Mallee as nicely … above common temperatures by means of the north and the east.
‘Down within the southwest, the place the chilly entrance will arrive a bit earlier, we’ll see beneath common temperatures.’
Tasmania may expertise hail and snow as a chilly entrance crosses throughout the day, with the state tipped to hit a excessive of 18C.
‘Forward of this we’ll see gusty, north-westerly winds tending extra westerly behind the entrance,’ Ms Johnson mentioned.
‘We’ll additionally see showers extending throughout notably by means of the west and the south. Possibly some small hail with that, possibly even the prospect of some snow right down to about 800m.’
South Australia will expertise largely dry situations with beneath common temperatures by means of the south, whereas the far north and northeast will proceed to be heat.
‘Adelaide heading for a largely sunny prime of 21C, however with cool southerly winds, the looks like temperature will probably be extra like 15C or 16C throughout the day,’ Ms Johnson mentioned.
The Northern Territory will proceed to expertise warmth as extreme to excessive heatwave warnings stay in place, with temperatures anticipated to hit a excessive of 37C.
‘By the north it continues to be a narrative of warmth,’ Ms Johnson mentioned.
Perth is ready to achieve a excessive of 29C on Thursday.
‘We’ll see some showers and thunderstorms by means of the Kimberley as nicely, and in addition that wind surge giving excessive fireplace hazard throughout a lot of the northern territory and in addition the inland Kimberley,’ Ms Johnson mentioned.