BOM weather warning: Dog lost in sea foam among bizarre scenes as wild weather lashes Queensland, NSW

Beaches swallowed. Dogs disappearing in sea foam. Beer kegs washed away. And a foam-nado.

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In one of many bizarre scenes amid wild east coast weather on Monday, 7NEWS Queensland weatherman Paul Burt was a minute from going on air in front of a wall of brown foam, when the frantic cry of a dog owner rang out.

“Hazel! Hazel!” said the woman at the Gold Coast’s Snapper Rocks, prompting Burt to join her in the foam to search.

Before long,…