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<\/p>\nTens of thousands of homes remain without power across south-east Queensland after severe storms swept through the region on Wednesday, with further cells forecast today.<\/p>\n
About 50,000 properties are still without electricity, with most of the outages affecting residents in Logan, south of Brisbane.<\/p>\n
Energex spokeswoman Rebecca Winter said many damaged powerlines and poles needed to be replaced.<\/p>\n
“This is not going to be a quick fix \u2014 the damage is severe,” she said.<\/p>\n
“Fresh reinforcements are coming from further afield to back up the crews who have been on the job since yesterday afternoon.”<\/p>\n
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A tree fell on a car on Chambers Flat Road at Munruben. (Supplied: Harvey’s Towing)<\/p>\n
More than 120,000 lightning strikes were recorded yesterday, Energex said, while the SES received more than 300 calls for help in the wake of the storms.<\/p>\n
Swiftwater rescue crews were called to help a driver whose car got stuck in floodwaters at Gumdale, in Brisbane’s east.<\/p>\n
The vehicle was stranded just after 6:30pm last night.<\/p>\n
The driver was walked to safety a short time later and was not hurt.<\/p>\n
Bureau of Meteorology senior forecaster Jonathan How said much of south-east Queensland could be in the firing line for more storms today.<\/p>\n
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“The Gold Coast all the way up towards Brisbane, the Sunshine Coast and Bundaberg could all see severe thunderstorms again today,” Mr How said.<\/p>\n
“Again, [there is a] risk of flash flooding, large hail and damaging winds, so reminding people across that part of the east coast to keep across those forecasts and warnings through the day.”<\/p>\n