Weather
by Jeremy Pierce & Tobias Jurss-Lewis
15th Dec 2020 5:03 AM
| Updated:
5:48 AM
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Queensland's wild weather shattered windows, and the dreams of travel-starved Victorian tourists, as the state's southeast was hit by an extreme system with the force of a category-1 cyclone.
Entire beaches were left covered with foam, while Âothers were completely washed away as massive swells, squalling storms and frenetic winds battered the coast between the Fraser Coast and northern NSW.
Parts of the southeast have recorded over 800mm of rain since Saturday morning, while the force of winds, which exceeded 60km/h at times, caused mayhem in ÂSurfers Paradise yesterday, with panes of glass blown from a high-rise to shatter on the streets below.