Overview
- Brisbane recorded 61mm at the airport and 53.8mm in the CBD in 24 hours to Wednesday morning, the city’s highest daily totals since Cyclone Alfred.
- Local maxima topped 100mm across the southeast, including about 129mm at Oyster Creek on the Gold Coast and 123mm at Goonengery in northern NSW.
- The Bureau of Meteorology forecasts several unsettled days with a peak risk on Saturday for severe supercell thunderstorms capable of giant hail, damaging winds and flash flooding.
- Storms are expected to form inland across areas such as the Darling Downs and Granite Belt before tracking toward coastal districts including Brisbane, the Gold Coast and Sunshine Coast.
- Environment Minister Murray Watt has pressed the BOM on public concerns about its redesigned website, as emergency services urge residents to secure property, park cars under cover, charge devices and avoid non‑essential travel.