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Floods

Electrical storms with 27 000 recorded lightning strikes have swept Queensland

ByTeo Blašković Monday, February 21, 2011Friday, March 4, 2022

Spectacular electrical storms have swept across large parts of southern Queensland, causing flash floods and leaving more than 20 000 properties without power. The Bureau of Meteorology had been warning of a severe storm all day, so flood-weary residents were not…