AAP General News (Australia)
12-23-2009
Qld: Crews finish repairs after fierce storm
BRISBANE, Dec 23 AAP - Power has been restored to 36,000 southeast Queensland homes
that were blacked out in a fierce storm on Tuesday.
The State Emergency Service (SES) said it responded to 56 calls, 30 in Brisbane, after
wind gusts of up to 132km/h and heavy rain caused flash flooding from about 1pm (AEST).
A spokeswoman said most of the jobs involved leaking roofs and sandbagging, and were
completed overnight.
Most homes had electricity restored by 10pm (AEST), but Energex crews worked through
the night to put the remaining 150 homes in Brisbane's north back online by Wednesday
morning, a spokeswoman said.
"Crews had most of the power restored last night, but there were a few pockets that
still needed to be made safe from fallen powerlines," she said.
Energex recorded 25,000 lightning strikes in Queensland on Tuesday, about 5000 of them
in the southeast.
Crews are now on standby for another storm expected late on Wednesday.
AAP gd/jl
KEYWORD: STORM
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