A major clean-up operation is underway after thunderstorms and hail struck southeast Queensland. Source: AAP
QUEENSLAND'S government and the weather bureau say people must take warnings seriously, after destructive storms damaged hundreds of homes and cars across Brisbane.
Emergency Services Minister Jack Dempsey held talks on Monday with the Bureau of Meteorology about wild weekend storms that lashed Brisbane with strong winds and huge hailstones and caused flash-flooding.
The storms also affected Ipswich, the Sunshine Coast and Lockyer Valley and wiped out crops in the Granite Belt and on the Darling Downs.
"We are seeing damage to homes from fallen tree branches, hail and wind damage from flying debris," an RACQ spokesman said in a statement. "We are also being notified of water entering homes through roofs as a result of clogged gutters and downpipes and damage to sheds and out-buildings."
The weather bureau is reviewing its warnings after some people complained they weren't told about the storms early enough.
The bureau did repeatedly warn on Friday of the potential for severe weekend storms, but a specific warning about Saturday's storm was issued only after it had hit some parts of Brisbane.
The bureau's Queensland director Robb Webb stressed that forecasters had put the southeast on alert for wild weather on Friday, and that warning stood when the storm hit on Saturday.
"They watched to the point where they thought this storm is too big, we better get a warning out," he said.
"This was on the backdrop of having the community being prepared anyway."
Mr Dempsey is talking with the bureau about communicating storm warnings better, but says he's still confident in its forecasts.
"We've got to make sure people get ready," he told reporters.
"To always ensure that we hope for the best, but prepare for the worst."
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