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2010-01-03 05:27:08 - Extreme Weather - Australia EDIS CODE: ST-20100103-24401-AUS
Date & Time: 2010-01-03 05:27:08 [UTC]
Area: Australia, State of Queensland, , Brisbane Damage level: Moderate (Level 2)
Not confirmed information! Description: An estimated 2673 Brisbane homes have lost power as a severe thunderstorm brings damaging winds, very heavy rain and flash flooding to the southeast. Energex estimates storms have cut power to 2741 homes in Brisbane's south, 684 in the east, 868 on the Sunshine Coast and 21 on the northside. A Department of Community Safety spokeswoman said several leaking roofs had been patched up. The Bureau of Meteorology has already recorded 17mm rain in the City and 16.4mm at Archerfield. The latest bureau forecast says the storms will hit Cleveland, Esk and northern Lake Wivenhoe by 1:05 pm and Nudgee, Somerset Dam and Toogoolawah by 1:35 pm. Bureau of Meteorology senior forecaster Geoff Doueal said: "We've got a southerly wind change moving up the coast, a very unstable atmosphere and an upper level trough coming over us." "We're already had a shower over the airport and the first line of storms is almost at Ipswich.'' He said there was the potential for hail, local flash flooding and damaging wind gusts.
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