Storm Prep Guide

News FIVE years ago Sunday Toowoomba and the Lockyer Valley were devastated by a deadly torrent of floodwaters.

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News FLOODING in the New South Wales Hunter region has led to evacuations, rescues and hundreds of calls for help as forecasters warn of more heavy rain

News STORMS and more heavy rain are on the cards for southern Queensland, as much of the coast enjoys some much-needed falls.

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News SWIFT water rescue crews are on standby on Queensland's northern tropical coast, after the weather bureau issued a flood warning overnight Tuesday.

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News ABOUT 200 people spent part of the night stranded in Moreton Bay after Stradbroke Ferries' Big Red Cat car barge ran aground in gale-force winds

News UPDATE: A tornado has smashed parts of the Darling Downs, with roofs torn off houses, trees down and crops devastated.

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Critical Alert A SEVERE thunderstorm is moving towards the Scenic Rim and Lockyer Valley, after marble sized hail smashed Warwick this afternoon.

Weather OFFICES, pubs and cafes across the main street of Stanthorpe are in complete darkness this evening as a storm tears over the town and the rain continues to pour

News FEROCIOUS and spectacular electrical and hail storms tore through Gympie region on Monday, as a series of dangerous storm events came in from the south-west.

News GOLF ball sized hail has been recorded in Kingaroy and there are reports a horse has been struck by lightning in Gympie

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Critical Alert A SEVERE thunderstorm has dropped golf ball sized hail in Kingaroy this evening.

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News RESIDENTS will have to dispose of their own storm waste, with the Southern Downs Regional Council advising it won't be collecting green waste from properties.

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News A WELL-KNOWN storm chaser has reported a tornado formed near Toowoomba with eye-witnesses claiming to have seen a twister near Wellcamp Airport yesterday.

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Weather THE Ipswich suburb of Goodna which bore the brunt of Sunday's violent storm is cleaning up this morning after suffering serious damage.

Weather BRUCE and Ros Schelbach have 12 broken windows from yesterday afternoon’s storm, a lot of wet bed linen and leaves all over the house.

Weather DEBBIE Guyer saw her own house struck by lightning yesterday as a wild storm hit Warwick at 2.30pm.

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Weather STORMS dumped hail across the Darling Downs at the weekend and forecasters warn there could be more to come.

Weather YESTERDAY'S savage storm prompted more than 20 call-outs from residents fallen trees and windows smashed by hail.

Weather A mass clean up is underway in the Rose City, with reports more than a dozen homes have lost roofs after severe storms swept across the region this afternoon.

News Houses and cars in Warwick have been pelted with hail as storms sweep through the Darling Downs.

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