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Sky News AU
25-04-2025
- Climate
- Sky News AU
Two women taken to hospital after being injured in separate lightning strikes as deluge of rain hammers southeast Queensland
Two women have suffered injuries in two separate lightning strike incidents as parts of southeast Queensland have been hammered by more than 200mm of rain. Emergency services confirmed both women were taken to hospital following the two separate incidents, although they were not directly struck by lightning. The first incident occurred about 12.43am on Friday when a woman suffered neck pain after her property on Yandina Bli Bli Road on the Sunshine Coast was hit. She was taken to Nambour Hospital in a stable condition. The second incident happened just two hours later, when a lightning strike caused a small fire on a property on Coutts Drive in Burpengary. A woman sustained minor burns and was taken to Caboolture Hospital in a stable condition. Nambour has been one of the hardest hit towns as southeast Queensland copped a battering. In the three hours up to 1.31am, Nambour recorded a whopping 136mm of rain, while Mapleton recorded 140mm in three hours up to 1.47am. The Maroochy Intake Weir copped 91mm between midnight and 1am, while 151mm soaked the Sunshine Coast town of West Woombye between 10.23pm and 1.23am. The Bureau of Meteorology said flash flooding was a threat as multiple locations recorded three-hour totals between 130mm and 150mm. There are no current thunderstorm warnings on the BOM website, however earlier on Friday it said there was a "slight chance" heavy falls could redevelop throughout the morning, but the message was revoked shortly after 8am. It appears the brunt of the bad weather occurred overnight and in the early hours of the morning, with less showers forecast for the rest of the day in the affected parts of Queensland. The bad weather put a dampener on Anzac Day commemorations in some parts of the state. Nambour's dawn service and 9am Anzac parade down Ann Street were cancelled as streets were hit by flash flooding. A large number of chairs which were prepared to be laid out for the service were washed away, leaving behind a large clean-up operation. "We planned for a long time… and put so much effort into this over the past three or four months," Nambour RSL sub-branch president Wes Davidson told ABC. "Unfortunately, this morning I just had to make the call." The Tweed Heads march and service were also cancelled, as well as Murwillumbah's march. A dawn service in Deception Bay, in the Moreton Bay region was also called off.
News.com.au
25-04-2025
- Climate
- News.com.au
Two women injured in separate lightning strikes as southeast Qld pounded by 200mm+ Anzac Day deluge
Two women have been hospitalised following terrifying separate lightning strikes, after southeast Queensland was pounded by a deluge of rain on Anzac Day morning. More than 200mm of rain fell across multiple areas in the Sunshine Coast, north of Brisbane, sparking a severe thunderstorm warning from the Bureau of Meteorology as remembrance services kicked off across the country. Some services in the Sunshine Coast region were cancelled as a result of roads becoming inundated by flash flooding. A whopping 234mm of rain fell in West Woombye, while Mapleton recorded 223mm and Nambour recorded 200mm, the bureau confirmed. Emergency services confirmed two women were taken to hospital after being injured when lightning struck their property early in the morning. One woman sustained neck pain after her property on Yandina Bli Bli Rd was hit by lightning about 12.43am on Friday. She was taken to Nambour Hospital in a stable condition. Another woman was taken to Caboolture Hospital in a stable condition with minor burns after lightning struck her property on Coutts Dr in Burpengary two hours later, causing a small fire. Neither of the women were directly struck by lightning, a Queensland Ambulance Services (QAS) spokeswoman said. The bureau attributed the sudden burst of rain to a surface trough 'combining with an upper trough' causing thunderstorms and moderate showers over the morning. In their original severe thunderstorm warning, issued at 2.43am, they warned: 'Rainfall rates have eased below severe thresholds, but there is a slight chance heavy falls may redevelop later this morning.' 'The immediate threat of severe thunderstorms has passed, but the situation will continue to be monitored and further warnings will be issued if necessary.' In Nambour, 136mm of rain was recorded in the three hours to 1.31am, while another 140mm was recorded in Mapleton in the three hours to 1.47am. 151mm was recorded in the rural Sunshine Coast town of West Woombye in the three hours to 1.23am and 91mm was recorded at the Maroochy Intake Weir between midnight and 1am. The warning was revoked at 8.11am. In a further update, senior meteorologist Christie Johnson said several locations recorded three-hour rainfall totals between 130-150mm, which was significant enough to trigger the bureau's flash flooding warning. She said most falls were concentrated in the early hours of the morning and fewer showers were forecast through the afternoon. In Nambour, the local RSL sub-branch advised residents the 9am Anzac parade down Ann St had been cancelled due to streets being suddenly hit with flash flooding. Footage from one resident, shared to the ABC, shows one road completely inundated. Multiple flood warnings for Queensland catchments and creeks remain in place.
7NEWS
25-04-2025
- Climate
- 7NEWS
Two people hit by lightning and one rescued from floods as wild weather smashes southeast Queensland on Anzac morning
Lightning has injured a teenage girl and a woman and a man has been rescued from floodwaters as wild weather smashes southeast Queensland. At least a dozen Anzac Day Dawn Services and marches were cancelled as residents around Brisbane, Sunshine Coast and Gold Coast woke to storms and heavy rain on Friday. Two people were struck by lightning only hours apart on Friday morning. A woman in her 30s was taken to Nambour Hospital with a neck injury after being hit by lightning at a home in Yandina, on the Sunshine Coast, about 12.45am. And a teenage girl was also struck by lightning at a home on Coutts Dr in Burpengary, in Brisbane's north, about 2.54am. She was taken to Caboolture Hospital in a stable condition with minor burns. Heavy rain brought flash flooding to the region, with one man rescued from his car when it was caught in the deluge on Hospital Rd in Nambour about 3am. The Bureau of Meteorology had earlier issued a severe thunderstorm warning for large areas of southeast Queensland. 'A surface trough is combining with an upper trough to cause thunderstorms and moderate showers in the southeast this morning,' it said. 'Rainfall rates have eased below severe thresholds but there is a slight chance heavy falls may redevelop later this morning.' About 200mm of rain was recorded at one Nambour weather observation station and 235mm at nearby West Woombye in the 24 hours to 9am Friday. About 2500 lightning strikes were recorded over the southeast during the same time period. 'The immediate threat of severe thunderstorms has passed but the situation will continue to be monitored and further warnings will be issued if necessary,' BOM said. At least a dozen dawn services and marches were cancelled or altered due to the bad weather. Services and marches were cancelled at Buderim, Nambour, Beachmere, Deception Bay, Burpengary, Forest Lake, Greenbank, Ormeau, Burleigh Heads, Upper Coomera and Broadwater, while marches at Canungra and Beerwah were moved indoors and into a local park respectively. Minor flood warnings have also been issued for the Mary, Brisbane and Maroochy Rivers. Minor flooding was likely along the Mary River to Gympie, according to BOM, with the river currently at 4.15m and rising at Moy Pocket. 'Moderate to locally heavy rainfall has been observed within the Maroochy River catchment overnight Thursday into Friday,' it said. 'This has caused creek and river level rises throughout the catchment and minor flooding is likely at Picnic Point on the high tides Friday morning and evening, as well as the Saturday morning high tide. 'Further rainfall is forecast for the remainder of Friday morning, which may cause further river and creek level rises. The situation is being monitored and this warning will be updated as required.' The Brisbane River at Gregor Creek is currently at 3.02m and rising, below the minor flood level, however it may reach the minor flood level of 3.50m later on Friday, according to BOM. Minor flooding may also occur along the Brisbane River to Wivenhoe Dam.
