Thunderstorms persist into the night across South-East Queensland after another afternoon of wild wet weather

A series of severe storm cells have impacted the state’s south-east from the Gold Coast to Kingaroy in the South Burnett, with the Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) issuing warnings of “very dangerous” systems on multiple occasions.

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Just after 8:00pm, the BOM warned of three more storm cells, two impacting the South Burnett and another “very dangerous” storm moving south of Toowoomba toward Warwick.

Brisbane escaped the worst of the weather, but earlier in the day another dangerous cell brought heavy rain to Mango Hill and Caboolture, north of the city.

As the first wave of storm cells moved off the coast in the afternoon, others appeared further west and swept their way toward the coast.

At one point, the BOM said flash flooding was…