BoM issues severe weather warnings across eastern Australia as thunderstorms bring power outages

Lithgow hospital briefly lost power on Wednesday as "dangerous" thunderstorms continued to rumble across eastern Australia, with giant hail and flash flooding on the cards for several areas according to the Bureau of Meteorology. It issued severe weather warnings for Queensland and New South Wales forecasting "isolated very dangerous storms are possible about south-east Queensland and north-east NSW which may bring destructive winds, giant hail and intense rain leading to flash flooding". A warning for Victoria was issued but cancelled.

Jonathan How, a meteorologist at the BoM, said the most serious storms would be across south-east Queensland and north-east NSW including Brisbane, the Sunshine Coast, Gold Coast, Toowoomba, Lismore and areas inland from Ballina. "We could see isolated very dangerous thunderstorms, and it's these supercell thunderstorms which could deliver destructive winds, giant hail with diameter greater than 5cm as well as intense rainfall leading to flash flooding," How said. While the bureau's map showed Sydneysiders would be spared, senior meteorologist.



.. Natasha May.