Wild Australia weather: Storm warning continues after wild weather cuts power, closes schools
Severe thunderstorms are set to continue after nearly 80,000 homes and businesses in one Australian state were left without power.
A severe thunderstorm threat continues on Australia’s east coast after nearly 80,000 homes and businesses were left without power on Wednesday.
Thunderstorms hit South East Queensland, including Brisbane, where large amounts of rain were dumped in a short period of time and wind gusts up to 96km/h were recorded at Brisbane Airport.
The coast was smashed with 30-60mm of rain across the Wide Bay area and Bundaberg and there were reports of large hail across the south-east.
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“Today (Thursday) we still are seeing a lot of tropical moisture sticking around the east coast and that does mean that there is a chance of thunderstorms again across much of central and South East Queensland as well as north-east and eastern parts of NSW,” he said.
Mr How said severe thunderstorms could develop again in Brisbane, the Sunshine Coast, Bundaberg, Harvey Bay, and inland towards the Darling Downs on Thursday afternoon, bringing heavy rain, damaging winds and large hail.
Friday should bring a brief pause in thunderstorm activity across eastern Australia but less severe thunderstorms were still be possible for much of Queensland.
“At this stage we’re not expected to see widespread severe thunderstorms developing,” he said.
“Into the weekend we do see those thunderstorms reinvigorate as another surface trough develops across inland parts of Queensland.”
A Queensland Police spokesperson said SES crews responded to more than 320 requests for assistance on Wednesday.
“The majority of requests for assistance were related to fallen trees impacting structures or blocking entry/exit to property and tarping for leaking roofs,” he said.
The majority of call-outs were for Logan City (243), followed by Brisbane City (41), Redlands (16) and Gympie (9).
A Regents Park house in Logan lost its roof, while two cars were crushed by a large gum tree uprooted at Eight Mile Plains.
At least one person was trapped in one of the cars before firefighters used a chainsaw to clear the road.
Brisbane Airport paused operations, with about 15 domestic flights due to arrive in the afternoon cancelled and dozens more delayed.
Six schools were forced to close due to damage from the storm, including Corymbia State School, Crestmead State School, Logan Village State School, Marsden State High School, Marsden State School and Yugumbir State School.
These schools will reopen when it is deemed safe for staff and students.
Mansfield State School said their phone lines and internet remained down on Thursday morning, forcing them to cancel prep orientation.
“Unfortunately, due to the ongoing impacts of the recent storm event, our planned 2027 Prep orientation session will not be able to proceed today as planned,” the school wrote on Facebook.
“We understand that this news may be disappointing and inconvenient for families.
“However, the safety and wellbeing of our students, families and staff remain our highest priority.”
SYDNEY WEATHER FORECAST
- Thursday: Partly cloudy, Max 24 ⛅️
- Friday: Shower or two, 18-27 ☔️
- Saturday: Showers increasing, 20-30 ☔️
- Sunday: Showers increasing, 19-23 ☔️
- Monday: Showers, 15-20 ☔️
- Tuesday: Shower or two, 14-22 ☔️
- Wednesday: Possible shower, 14-23 🌧️
Forecast sourced from the Bureau of Meteorology.
MELBOURNE WEATHER FORECAST
- Thursday: Mostly sunny, Max 21 ⛅️
- Friday: Shower or two, 13-20 ☔️
- Saturday: Shower or two, 13-18 ☔️
- Sunday: Shower or two, 12-17 ☔️
- Monday: Cloudy, 10-16 ☁️
- Tuesday: Cloudy, 9-19 ☁️
- Wednesday: Partly cloudy, 10-21 ⛅️
Forecast sourced from the Bureau of Meteorology.
BRISBANE WEATHER FORECAST
- Thursday: Showers. Storm, Max 31 ⛈️
- Friday: Shower or two, 22-29 ☔️
- Saturday: Showers. Possible storm, 21-28 ⛈️
- Sunday: Showers. Possible storm, 21-30 ⛈️
- Monday: Showers increasing. Storm, 21-31 ⛈️
- Tuesday: Shower or two, 20-28 ☔️
- Wednesday: Possible shower, 19-27 🌧️
Forecast sourced from the Bureau of Meteorology.
ADELAIDE WEATHER FORECAST
- Thursday: Becoming cloudy, Max 26 ⛅️
- Friday: Showers easing, 16-25 ☔️
- Saturday: Cloudy, 14-22 ☁️
- Sunday: Possible shower, 12-21 🌧️
- Monday: Cloudy, 10-21 ☁️
- Tuesday: Partly cloudy, 10-25 ⛅️
- Wednesday: Mostly sunny, 13-29 ⛅️
Forecast sourced from the Bureau of Meteorology.
HOBART WEATHER FORECAST
- Thursday: Partly cloudy, Max 23 ⛅️
- Friday: Possible shower, 12-20 🌧️
- Saturday: Shower or two, 13-20 ☔️
- Sunday: Showers, 10-16 ☔️
- Monday: Cloudy, 6-19 ☁️
- Tuesday: Partly cloudy, 9-21 ⛅️
- Wednesday: Partly cloudy, 9-20 ⛅️
Forecast sourced from the Bureau of Meteorology.
DARWIN WEATHER FORECAST
- Thursday: Shower or two, Max 35 ☔️
- Friday: Showers. Possible afternoon storm, 27-35 ⛈️
- Saturday: Showers. Possible afternoon storm, 28-35 ⛈️
- Sunday: Showers. Storm clearing, 27-34 ⛈️
- Monday: Showers. Storm developing, 26-35 ⛈️
- Tuesday: Showers, 27-34 ☔️
- Wednesday: Shower or two, 27-35 ☔️
Forecast sourced from the Bureau of Meteorology.
PERTH WEATHER FORECAST
- Thursday: Sunny, Max 27 ☀️
- Friday: Mostly sunny, 15-28 ⛅️
- Saturday: Cloud clearing, 16-30 ⛅️
- Sunday: Partly cloudy, 15-29 ⛅️
- Monday: Partly cloudy, 17-30 ⛅️
- Tuesday: Possible shower, 17-29 🌧️
- Wednesday: Partly cloudy, 18-29 ⛅️
Forecast sourced from the Bureau of Meteorology.
Originally published as Storm warning continues after wild weather cuts power, closes schools
