World news – Big hail, 8000 without power, while storms hit southeast

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Residents of Southeast Queensland have experienced severe thunderstorms that brought three centimeters of hail, strong winds and heavy rain to the area.

The Bureau of Meteorology warned that severe thunderstorms were on the weather radar in were discovered near Redcliffe and Beachmere.

These thunderstorms move east to northeast. Caboolture, northern Moreton Bay and Bribie Island is expected to be affected by 8:15 p.m. and Cape Moreton, the waters off Bribie Island and northern Bribie Island, to be affected by 8:45 p.m.

In Brisbane, 2,041 properties were without power, 2244 in Moreton Bay, 1633 on the Gold Coast and 1993 also without power in Logan.

Previously, the Maroon Dam had received just over 50 mm of rain in an hour on the southern Darling Downs, and in Legume on the Queensland border and NSW, hail was reported.

A more general warning of severe thunderstorms was also for the districts of Central West, Southeast Coast and parts of the Northern Goldfields and Upper Flinders, Herbert and Lower Burdekin, Central Highlands and Coalfields, Wide Bay and Burnett as well Darling Downs and Granite Belt now.

It was predicted that they would enter Boonah, the area between Boonah and Beaudesert and the area northeast of Kingaroy at 5:25 p.m. and Beaudesert, Laidley and Gatton, etc. m 5:55 p.m.

It was hot in Queensland by noon and heatwave conditions raised temperatures above 40 ° C in the central west of the state.

The hottest place in Queensland is currently Longreach with 40.5 ° C at noon, followed by Blackall at 39.9 ° C and Rockhampton and Blackwater at 38 ° C.

It comes after Southeast Queensland was treated to a nightly lightning show as the state swells from a final summer heat wave.

While only 18mm fell overnight in Brisbane, a lightning bolt lit the sky around 11 p.m., captured by Twitter users, some of whom were woken by the storm.

A stunning light show will sweep through most of Southeast Queensland tonight. This bolt was pointed west from Coorparoo, where it was just beginning to rain, as the thunder builds up @ 10NewsFirstQLD # bnestormpic.twitter.com/Aj3bDaQ9M8

Most of the rainfall was recorded in Goonburra south of Toowoomba at 34mm. Eagle Farm near Brisbane Airport received 18mm in the night storage hall.

A record day followed in Queensland, when Rockhampton experienced its hottest February day since 1969 with 41.4 ° C and nine degrees above average.

Bundaberg reached 38.6 ° C, well above the 30 ° C average. Gatton, west of Brisbane, recorded 40.4 ° C, nine degrees above average.

James Thompson, forecaster of the Bureau of Meteorology said a low pressure system over the Tasman Sea was responsible for the heat wave.

« This has been dragging hot air from Central Australia to East Queensland in the last few days, which is why we saw heat wave conditions, » he said.

« See you Tuesday another warm day in much of Queensland Starting tomorrow in East Queensland.

Mr Thompson said there is a « chance » of more storms on Tuesday afternoon, more likely through the Darling Downs and western parts of the Southeast.

« There is definitely that Possibility of the storm reaching the coast today, but whether it will hit Brisbane is difficult to say, « he said.

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