61mm of rain in 20 minutes, widespread blackouts

“We received a lot of rainfall out of it but not too much damaging wind gusts,” she said.

“In terms of rain, it was quite heavy at times with Greenbank receiving 61 millimetres in just 20 minutes and Mitchelton saw 59 millimetres fall in 30 minutes.”

Ms Hoff said Stradbroke Island received persistent showers with a total of 177 millimetres so far.

“We’re not going to see as much weather activity today but generally the threat of severe thunderstorms has eased but regular thunderstorms with a bit of a rumble could be seen,” she said.

“Showers will continue today but it will become more patchy and ease off tomorrow but the weekend is set to be more sunny.”

The weather bureau has also warned the Tropical Cyclone Niran was a…