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Power outages peak near 26,000 after severe storms sweep SEQ – Brisbane Times
Homes and businesses were left without power after the storms swept through Brisbane’s north on Monday afternoon.
Images from Woodford and Caboolture showed tree branches across roads, while business owners described rain coming under their front doors. Energex reported a peak of about 25,500 customers without power across the south-east largely in Brisbane’s north and on the Sunshine Coast before 6pm.
Kandanga, south of Gympie, recorded 35 millimetres of rain in a 15-minute period before 5pm, the bureau said. Some sites in the Caboolture area received more than 80 millimetres since 9am.
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