“We will start to see the storms clearing the east pretty quickly,” she said.

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“On Monday, showers and storms remain possible through parts of southern Queensland and the New South Wales coastal fringe, but they’ll be on the clearing trend.

“By Tuesday, clear and dry conditions are forecast, likely to continue for most of the eastern seaboard through the next week.”

This week, Queenslanders were urged to prepare for a severe disaster season, as emergency services braced for destructive thunderstorms, intense tropical cyclones, flooding, heatwaves, and bushfires through summer and well into the autumn months.