Nine people have been injured by hailstones at a school fair north-west of Brisbane, as severe storms ripped through the region and were expected to continue into the night.

After a morning of blue skies, parts of south-east Queensland were pelted with blasts of hail and heavy rain on Saturday afternoon, with lightning strikes and strong winds cutting power to thousands of homes.

At Esk State School’s 150th anniversary fair, paramedics treated nine people for injuries.

One woman was taken to Ipswich Hospital with head and neck injuries. A man in his 20s, with minor injuries, was taken to Gatton Hospital, and two women – one in her 20s and another in her 30s – were taken to hospitals privately, also with minor injuries.

The five other injured people were treated at the school and were n

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