Hippy SteveThousands without power in Queensland as Victoria experiences ‘terrifying’ winds after year’s wettest day #AustraliaWx
The Bureau of Meteorology confirmed on Monday morning that regions across Queensland had been hit with large hailstones. Stones about 4cm in size were seen in Ipswich, 5cm in Moorooka and Goonda, 5cm to 6cm in Pullenvale and 7cm in St Lucia.
Other areas in south-east Queensland experienced severe winds, including gusts of about 95km/h in Amberley and Archerfield. Gayndah recorded gusts reaching 109km/h.
Another resident, identified as Tara, told Radio Melbourne the storm was the “sort of stuff out of a movie”. She said a 10-foot trampoline in her yard was blown “somewhere in Werribee” and that her pergola roof was stuck on nearby power lines. “And all of a sudden, this big wind came from nowhere. It ripped off my pergola like a tin of sardines. I’m not joking,” Tara said. “My partner got lifted and dropped while me and my kids watched from the window. It was terrifying. It is literally the stuff from movies. I watched this thing like I was watching Twister. It was terrifying.”
Melbourne was also hit by heavy rain. In the 24 hours from 9am on Sunday the city’s weather station at Melbourne Olympic Park recorded 35.4mm of rainfall, the most since April 2024, according to BoM data.