After a morning of blue skies, residents across south-east Queensland are preparing for an extreme shift in conditions, with forecasters warning severe thunderstorms are on the way.

The Bureau of Meteorology issued an alert at midday on Saturday warning of widespread hazardous weather and severe thunderstorms across parts of Queensland from about 1pm this afternoon.

Areas at risk include the Gold Coast, Brisbane, Sunshine Coast, the Wide Bay and Burnett region, Darling Downs and Warwick.

BoM has issued a severe thunderstorm warning on Saturday. Credit: Bureau of Meteorology

Meteorologist Angus Hines said the severe storms could bring “a whole array of weather hazards, including heavy to intense rainfall that can bring flash flooding, damaging destructive wind gusts and large to gia

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