An updated severe weather warning has been issued for parts of Gympie, as well as the Cherbourg, Redland City, Moreton Bay, Logan, Somerset, Scenic Rim, South Burnett, Gold Coast, Sunshine Coast and Brisbane City council areas.
Swathes of Australia s east coast are set to be battered by heavy rain and damaging winds this week, as wild summer weather returns.
Tropical cyclone Kimi bearing down the north Queensland coast has intensified and been re-classed as Category 2 on Monday as emergency preparations begin ahead of the storm s landfall.
The system is currently moving south with wind speeds of about 130km/h and a cyclone warning has been issued for Townsville, Ayr and Palm Island.
The wild weather will not just be confined to the north of country, with south-east Queensland and northern New South Wales expected to also cop a hammering.
Weather by Tobias Jurss-Lewis, Jo Glover and Nathan Edwards 18th Jan 2021 1:38 PM | Updated: 8:05 PM
Premium Content Two very dangerous thunderstorms are moving across southeast Queensland this evening. Severe thunderstorms have dumped more than 100mm in an hour to some regions and are expected to last into the evening. The latest alert warns of life-threatening flash flooding . The latest southeast warning, for heavy rainfall and damaging winds, was issued at 7.14pm for people in Redland City, Sunshine Coast and parts of Gympie, Logan, Somerset, South Burnett, Gold Coast, Noosa, Brisbane City and Moreton Bay council areas. The updated severe thunderstorm warning for parts of the state’s south, issued at 7.14pm. Picture: BoM