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Wild winds cut power to thousands of SE Qld homes
Strong winds across south-east Queensland have brought down power lines, cutting electricity to thousands of homes in Brisbane and the Gold and Sunshine coasts. A trough that caused floods on the New South Wales mid-north coast has moved into Queensland. A number of beaches on the Gold and Sunshine coasts are closed, with waves of up to five metres pounding the southern Queensland coastline.
A severe weather warning has been issued for coastal regions, along with a warning for severe erosion. Weather bureau spokesman Brett Harrison says there has also been steady rain. The Gold Coast has received most of the rainfall so far and around the Brisbane area falls have been anywhere from a few millimetres up to about 13 millimetres and all of those rainfall figures will increase as the day goes on, he said.
Power out
Energex repair crews are still working to restore power to more than 4,000 homes and businesses across Queensland's south-east. The worst-affected areas are Caboolture, Redcliffe, Logan and Beenleigh. Energex spokesman Danny Donald says several suburbs in Brisbane are also affected.
We're looking at the Sunnybank area, also out west near Karana Downs and also a bit further down south around the Tanah Merah, Loganholme way, he said. The majority of these have been caused by trees on powerlines and our crews are out there working now.
Beaches
Sunshine Coast chief life guard Heath Collie says it will be dangerous at beaches for the next few days. We've still got a metre-and-a-half to two-metre swell - a bit more than we had yesterday as well, he said. Couple that with the significant rain that we're getting at the moment and it's certainly not a great day for the beach. Gold Coast City Council chief Lifeguard Warren Young says the southern part of the Coast should attract surfers but he says it is only for experienced riders.
"The wind's coming from the south which means there'll be a strong sweep to the north, inclement weather as well," he said.
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Strong winds across south-east Queensland have brought down power lines, cutting electricity to thousands of homes in Brisbane and the Gold and Sunshine coasts. A trough that caused floods on the New South Wales mid-north coast has moved into Queensland. A number of beaches on the Gold and Sunshine coasts are closed, with waves of up to five metres pounding the southern Queensland coastline.
A severe weather warning has been issued for coastal regions, along with a warning for severe erosion. Weather bureau spokesman Brett Harrison says there has also been steady rain. The Gold Coast has received most of the rainfall so far and around the Brisbane area falls have been anywhere from a few millimetres up to about 13 millimetres and all of those rainfall figures will increase as the day goes on, he said.
Power out
Energex repair crews are still working to restore power to more than 4,000 homes and businesses across Queensland's south-east. The worst-affected areas are Caboolture, Redcliffe, Logan and Beenleigh. Energex spokesman Danny Donald says several suburbs in Brisbane are also affected.
We're looking at the Sunnybank area, also out west near Karana Downs and also a bit further down south around the Tanah Merah, Loganholme way, he said. The majority of these have been caused by trees on powerlines and our crews are out there working now.
Beaches
Sunshine Coast chief life guard Heath Collie says it will be dangerous at beaches for the next few days. We've still got a metre-and-a-half to two-metre swell - a bit more than we had yesterday as well, he said. Couple that with the significant rain that we're getting at the moment and it's certainly not a great day for the beach. Gold Coast City Council chief Lifeguard Warren Young says the southern part of the Coast should attract surfers but he says it is only for experienced riders.
"The wind's coming from the south which means there'll be a strong sweep to the north, inclement weather as well," he said.
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