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Queensland weather: State assessing damage after weekend thunderstorms

South-east Queenslanders are assessing the damage after Sunday's wild storm.

Queensland Fire and Emergency Services responded to 330 callouts across the region, with more than 200 jobs in the Ipswich area and more than 50 in the Brisbane region.

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Hailstorms and high winds batter Queensland

Vision courtesy ABC News 24. Wild storm swept across Brisbane and neighbouring Ipswich last night, brining fierce winds and hailstones as rescue crews have responded to almost 200 calls for help.

A QFES spokesman said SES volunteers worked until midnight on Sunday and started again at 7am on Monday, putting tarps over leaky roofs and removing trees felled by the storm.

Powerful winds also knocked down 140 power lines, cutting power to more than 15,000 residences.

An Energex spokesman said all power had been restored by the early hours of Monday morning, but said anyone who came across a downed power line should call Energex and "keep well away".

Energex recorded 44,000 lightning strikes with 3200 ground hits in the "very active" thunderstorm.

While the total damage bill may not be known for a while as a result of the Christmas holidays, RACQ said it had received 187 calls for claims so far.

Bureau of Meterology forecaster Julian De Morton said the south-east could expect a few showers on Tuesday, with the chance of more big storms on Wednesday.

"[There is] certainly going to be the potential for storms like we saw on the weekend develop to the west of Brisbane, just whether or not Brisbane sees one of those storms is a bit harder to indicate," he said.