Respite for residents after storms, hail and wind lash south-east Queensland

South-east Queenslanders are counting the cost this morning after a huge hailstorm pummelled homes and cars, leaving thousands without power.

It was the second damaging round of storms in as many days for the region, with a fast-moving, gusty storm cell surging up the coast around 5pm yesterday.

The Gold Coast saw large hailstones measuring up to four centimetres in width pelting down on homes and parked cars. Wind gusts up to 94km/h were also recorded.

Approximately 4500 homes and businesses are currently without power.

It follows a ferocious storm on Friday that brought down trees and powers line and severely damaged homes.

The clean-up effort for that was still underway when the second storm came through yesterday afternoon.

But in good news for residents, no storms are forecast for the south-east today.

New South Wales residents have also been offered a respite from stormy weather, with no thunderstorms also expected for the state.

On Thursday a super storm lashed large parts of the city with cricket ball-sized hail, racking up an estimated more than $200 million in damage.

Sweltering conditions were felt across Queensland on Friday, with temperatures rising as high as 45.7C in Windorah, west of Brisbane, and 38C in the CBD.

At 4pm, Mount Isa was still experiencing 45C weather.

One Sunshine Coast resident told the Today Show yesterday the cold snap weather was unlike anything he had ever seen before.

“A lot of wind, a lot of rain – but it certainly did a lot of damage around town,” he said.

“We’ve lost one of our major buildings, a lot of tree damage and some of our smaller buildings were damaged as well.”