A woman has died after being hit by a tree as a violent storm cell lashed south-east Queensland.
A “very localized” storm system hit parts of the state on Friday afternoon, bringing strong winds, heavy rain and even hail.
Queensland Ambulance confirmed the storm caused a tree to fall on the 62-year-old woman, who was at a property at Lockyer Waters in the Lockyer Valley, 62 miles west of Brisbane, about 5:45pm
First responders tried to save the woman for more than an hour but she was pronounced dead at the scene just before 7pm, a spokesman said.
Deadly storm in Queensland hit an elderly woman on Friday.9News
Storms in the area knocked out power lines, leaving 2,300 Lockyer Valley residents without power. Traffic accidents were also reported, as well as strong winds, hail and isolated heavy rain.
Locals took to social media to share pictures of the hail that blanketed their properties, with one Facebook user calling the scene a “winter wonderland”.
The photos show a thick blanket of hail covering the ground almost completely, as trees lean in the wind.
2,300 Lockyer Valley residents lost power. 9 News Hail covered many properties during the storm. 9 News
BOM spokesperson Kimba Wond said Gatton recorded winds of 54 mph during the storm, while Laidley was drenched with nearly an inch of rain in just 10 minutes.
He said the system had exceeded the expectations of meteorologists.
Severe thunderstorm warnings for heavy rain, damaging wind gusts and large hail have been issued for people in the Wide Bay and Burnett, Darling Downs and Granite Belt and South East Coast forecast districts, and Somerset, South Burnett, Toowoomba, Lockyer Valley councils and Moreton Bay areas.
Both warnings were canceled at about 6:30 p.m
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