Brian Willey took this photo looking east from Oakey, on the Darling Downs, about 9pm. PIC: Brian Willey. Source: Supplied
THE southeast could be in the firing line again today after a storm yesterday afternoon left one man in a critical condition and damaged homes.
The injured man, believed to be in his 40s, remained in a critical condition last night after he was hit by a tree branch during the Twilight Run at St Lucia.
Emergency crews were called to Sir Fred Schonell Drive at 6.19pm where ambulance officers found the man unconscious at the scene after being hit by a large tree branch.
The man suffered serious head injuries and was rushed to the Princess Alexandra Hospital where he remained in a critical condition last night.
Hannah Vermeulen was at a water station behind St Leo's College on Sir William MacGregor Dve when the branch hit the man in front her.
A car yard at Greenslopes, in Brisbane's inner south, was damaged by a storm last night.
Runner Dave Withnall, 37, from Runcorn said the storm hit about an hour into the race.
"I was crossing the Green Bridge and people were supporting themselves with the guard rails to keep themselves upright in the wind," he said.
"There was wind and rain and a bit of hail."
A stormfront, as pictured from Admiralty Towers, moves through Brisbane's CBD yesterday afternoon. PIC: Ruth Bonnett
Other shocked competitors were gathered at the University of Queensland running track.
In another incident a 53-year-old woman was taken to hospital after the roof of her home collapsed under the weight of a tree.
Emergency crews were called to the house on Torres St at Loganholme about 6pm to find part of the roof had collapsed.
The woman was not trapped, but suffered cuts to her head.
A stormfront moves through Brisbane's CBD yesterday afternoon.
More than 55,000 homes and businesses in Brisbane, Logan and the Gold Coast lost power as 220 power lines were torn down.
The storm brought torrential rain and wind gusts reaching nearly 100km/h.
The occupants of a car were reported trapped under live wires at Kuraby but were rescued unharmed.
Five houses in Loganlea, Kingston, Beenleigh and Shailer Park had trees fall on them, emergency services said.
A reader taken from Highfields, near Toowoomba, yesterday afternoon.
The first of a series of severe storm cells crossed southeast Queensland about 3.30pm, bringing thousands of lightning strikes and heavy rain.
The weather bureau said 45mm was recorded in 30 minutes at Carole Park and 40mm at Brassall in Ipswich.
Jimboomba, Greenbank and Logan Village were among the hardest-hit suburbs in Logan City, where more than 22,000 properties had power cuts.
Forecaster Ben Annells said: "It has been hot, but it was the surface trough - the excess of low pressure - that triggered the severe thunderstorm we saw (yesterday)," Mr Annells said.
Earlier, forecaster Brett Harrison said there remained a heightened risk of more storms for Brisbane today.
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