SES crews are completing repair work after yesterday’s storms in south-east Queensland.
More than 60 homes were damaged at Logan.
SES group leader in Beenleigh Brett McDonaugh says it was the region’s worst storm in recent months, and more could be on the way.
“It obviously signals the start of the storm season for south-east Queensland … and hopefully, with any luck, this afternoon’s storm won’t bring any further damage to it,” he said.
Energex says about 28,000 customers lost power during yesterday’s storm.
About 5,500 homes and businesses on the Sunshine Coast between Maroochydore, Nambour and Chevallum were blacked out.
Power was restored to most of them by early this morning.
Posted on 30 November '09 by Steve, under Uncategorized. 3 Comments.
Emergency service crews have responded to more than 300 call-outs since strong winds and rain began to lash the state late on Friday night.
The majority of jobs were in metropolitan Adelaide, where 100-kilometre-an-hour winds brought down trees and power lines.
Adelaide has received 10 millimetres of rain since 9:00am on Saturday and more than 30 millimetres has fallen in some parts of the hills.
The Symphony Under the Stars event at Elder Park was cancelled because of the bad weather.
Posted on 29 November '09 by Steve, under Uncategorized. No Comments.
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AUSTRALIA: Coastal NSW looks set to get a dose of the record-breaking hot temperatures seen throughout the state’s inland, as lightning storms and winds spark numerous bushfires.
Temperatures at some centres in western NSW continued to climb late on Friday afternoon, while a lightning storm passed over the Blue Mountains starting an unknown number of new fires.
Those storms also knocked out power supply to homes and businesses.
About 9000 addresses on Sydney’s northern beaches and some on the Central Coast were without power because of the storms, EnergyAustralia said in a statement.
Posted on 22 November '09 by Steve, under Uncategorized. No Comments.
