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After some sun and heat, the Bureau of Meteorology warned that severe thunderstorms could hit Brisbane and nearby towns, urging local residents to move cars under cover and away from trees.
"Residents should bring loose outdoor items indoors and secure items, which can't be moved, such as swing sets and trampolines," it also recommended.
More than a thousand buildings were left without power in the nearby region of Somerset after a storm went through the area.
Large hailstones, damaging winds, and heavy rainfall likely to cause flooding were forecast. A severe weather warning is still in place in some areas of Brisbane.
"When we talk about severe, we are looking at hail greater than 2 cm in diameter, winds greater than 90 kilometers per hour, or rainfall conducive to flash flooding," Jess Carey, a spokeswoman for the Bureau of Meteorology, said.
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"We know we get big storms in November, it's really the peak of our storm season in Brisbane."
The storm, however, also had a silver lining, as lots of people hiding at home or under shelters had a chance to update their friends' newsfeed with blood-chilling photos and videos.
Comment: While Australia does experience a "season of storms," what does stand out here however is the huge size of the hail stones involved and not just there but also increasingly across the globe. See the following selection of such reports for the last two years -
Another violent hailstorm hits the Altai region, Russia
40-min hailstorm leaves a trail of destruction in Mathura, India
Hailstorm with golf ball sized hail causes injuries in Germany
Large hailstones fall in Oman
What's up with the weather? Huge hail stones damage multiple commercial planes
Rome to Milan plane encounters violent hailstorm, destroys its nose cone and shatters cockpit window
Golf ball-sized hail hits Las Cruces, New Mexico
Large hailstones kill horses, birds and ravage cotton crops in northern New South Wales, Australia
Giant hailstones fall in Queensland, Australia
Hailstorm with golf ball sized hail causes injuries in Germany
Flash flood hits Menorca and egg-sized hailstones strike Aragon, Spain
Fist-sized hailstones cause injuries and damage cars in Naples, Italy
Large hail stones reported as thunderstorm hits Malta
Huge hailstones batter New South Wales coast, Australia
Giant hailstorms and heavy rain kill at least 16 people in China
Baseball-sized hail strikes Nebraska during storm
Huge hail pelts Paris as severe thunderstorms erupt in Western Europe
Germany hailstorm: Wassel hit by giant hailstones
Nine people killed as freak hailstorm rains massive boulders down on Indian villages