Key facts
- A "multi-state system of storms" is unusually large, according to the Bureau of Meteorology.
- Severe thunderstorms could bring hail, damaging winds, flash flooding, and power outages.
- Flood warnings were in place across southern Queensland, with the Mary River forecast to reach major flood levels.
- Some areas in southern Queensland have received multiple times their average October rainfall.
Large parts of eastern Australia faced severe thunderstorms and flood warnings on Sunday and Monday. The Bureau of Meteorology described the event as an "unusually large" multi-state storm system bringing risks of hail, damaging winds, and flash flooding. Eight flood warnings were active in southern Queensland, with the Mary River forecast to reach major flood levels. Some areas have already seen rainfall multiple times their average for October.