Hail up to 13 centimetres has been reported at Hillcrest, south of Brisbane, as parts of south-east Queensland are pummelled by a series of very dangerous and “life threatening” thunderstorms.
Hail storms are also battering southern Sydney and parts of the New South Wales south coast have been warned of flash flooding as an “unstable” weather system moves across the state.
The Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) has issued warnings for people in parts of Queensland’s Wide Bay, Burnett, Darling Downs and Granite Belt regions.