South East Queensland storms wreak havoc on areas still recovering from previous storm damage

Homes that have been covered in tarps for months have been hit again by intense storms in neighbourhoods south of Brisbane, with residents saying they are exasperated by slow-moving insurers.

Kathy and Peter Morcus have not lived in their home in the Ipswich suburb of Springfield since October, when tennis ball-sized hail ripped up their roof tiles.

When they saw the cell moving in yesterday afternoon they worried about how the tarp on their roof would fair.