Flash flooding and power outages from severe storms in south-east Queensland have brought an end to the long-weekend heatwave.
Brisbane was the worst off for power outages, with 6000 homes and businesses left without power on Monday night.
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Flash flooding hits south east
Up to 100mm of rain hits parts of south east Queensland on Monday night, causing flooding and thousands of residents to lose power. Nine News
In Brisbane's northern suburbs, 3000 were affected, and in Logan 1500 homes and businesses were without electricity following the storm. An Energex spokesman said all power had been restored to those affected.
The SES received about 90 calls across the south-east of the state, mostly for leaking roofs in the Toowoomba, Logan, Gatton and Brisbane City areas.
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The slow-moving storms dropped large amounts of rain, with 98mm in Brisbane City and 113mm at Logan Village. The highest recorded rainfall was at Upper Springbrook, with 136mm.
That heavy rainfall caused flash flooding and fire crews were called out to rescue a number of people stuck in cars, however a fire spokeswoman said all the people managed to get themselves out.
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Ann Street, Wickham Street, and Constance Street in Fortitude Valley were all affected by flash flooding, as well as Countess Street in the City and Vulture Street in East Brisbane.
There were 53,000 lightning strikes with 3700 hitting the ground - one bolt of lightning also struck St Mary's church in Warwick.
A Queensland Fire and Emergency Services spokesman told reporters crews arrived to find a lot of smoke coming from the building.
"It does look initially like it's like a lightning strike," he said.
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