Thursday, March 22, 2012
Severe storms strike southeastern Queensland
Weatherzone News - Tuesday, February 21, 2012, 22:19
Yesterday afternoon parts of Queensland were barraged by damaging winds, hail and torrents of water.
The Sunshine Coast was awash when it received 29mm in only 10 minutes! Rain rates of 5mm in 10 minutes are classified as condusive to flash flooding. The Sunshine Coast ended up with a total of 79mm.
Maryborough also received 30mm of rain in 10 minutes and 65km/h wind gusts …
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