source : the age
By William Davis
Two people have been struck by lightning and taken to hospital during a night of heavy storms across south-east Queensland.
One woman reported neck pain after the strike on Yandina Bli Bli Road, Yandina about 12.43am.
About two hours later another suffered minor burns when struck at her home on Coutts Drive, Burpengary.
Crowds turn out along Adelaide Street for Brisbane’s Anzac Day parade.Credit: William Davis
Neither is in a life-threatening condition.
Flash flooding hit parts of south-east Queensland overnight, with some Anzac Day services cancelled in parts of Brisbane, on the Sunshine Coast, and on the Gold Coast.
The worst hit areas had more than 230 millimetres of rainfall.
Heavy storms lashed Brisbane from about 5am.
“We saw some very slow and intense thunderstorms in the early hours of the morning,” meteorologist Christie Johnson said.
“It is an improving trend. There are still some showers and possible still some storms around … that risk of severe storms is really decreasing now.”
Up to 90 millimetres of rain is predicted across Brisbane on Friday.
Flood releases began at Wivenhoe and Somerset early in the morning, with the latter at more than 90 per cent capacity.
Queensland’s largest Anzac Day commemorations – the dawn service at Brisbane’s Anzac Square, followed by a parade through the streets of the CBD – went ahead as skies began to clear.
An EA-18 Growler roared overhead, and the state’s governor, Jeannette Young, addressed the public.
At Elephant Rock on the Gold Coast, the ashes of veterans who had recently died were given a ceremonial burial at sea.
with AAP
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