Residents of south-east Queensland are urged to brace for another weekend of thunderstorms with destructive winds, giant hail and flash flooding possible.

A few areas in the south-east have already seen storms today, Bureau of Meteorology forecaster Kimba Wong said.

“Nothing too scary just yet, but we could see quite rapid development as we head through the course of this afternoon,” she said.

A photo of Sunday’s storm over Brisbane taken from Coorparoo. Credit: Nigel Owen

The unstable atmosphere may result in some of these storms becoming severe thunderstorms as we head through the afternoon.

These storms may produce damaging winds of more than 90km/h, “which is strong enough to break down trees and power lines,” Wong said.

Residents may also see large hail more than two centime

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