Daily London
The city woke to rain and a cool change, a welcome reprieve after yesterday’s scorching 38 degree heat.
The Bureau of Meteorology forecasts a top of 22 and up to 45mm of rain for the city today and similarly mild and wet conditions for the Gold Coast.
Energex crews have restored power to about 120,000 customers since Sunday’s destructive winds brought down trees and powerlines, plunging most of the city’s western suburbs into darkness.
The worst of the damage is in Indooroopilly, Kenmore and Fig Tree Pocket.
Although at the height of the storm, about 75,000 customers had lost power, but additional faults and safety issues have been found by crews during the clean-up leading to further necessary outages.
Brookfield State School and Upper Brookfield State School remain closed today.
The rain has helped to dampen a fire burning on North Stradbroke Island overnight.
The fire is burning at Advice level near Duck Lagoon and is sending smoke across the island.
The south-east coast including Brisbane, Ipswich and the Lockyer Valley, the Gold and Sunshine coasts north to the Fraser Coast, are no longer subject to a fire ban today.
Much of the state’s south-west is still under a total fire ban, with hot and windy weather extending north to Bundaberg, Gladstone and Rockhampton as well as Mackay, Whitsunday and Townsville.
