BRISBANE, Australia, March 25 – Thousands of homes remain without power and a man was critically injured after severe thunderstorms battered Australia’s southeast Queensland on Sunday night. The storm, with winds up to 90 km per hour, brought down trees and disrupted electricity to more than 50,000 homes and businesses in the region, Xinhua news agency cited local media reports.
Emergency Management Queensland (EMQ) said a man in his 40s was running at St Lucia in Brisbane’s inner west when he was hit by a falling tree. The man was taken to Princess Alexandra Hospital with head injuries. Emergency crews from Queensland-based energy company Energex are working to restore power to the remaining 11,000 properties in the affected areas.
“The network received significant damage in the affected areas and will take some time to be repaired,” Energex said in a statement on Monday.
“More than 300 fallen powerlines were reported to Energex overnight and nearly 60 this morning.”
By 8:30 a.m. local time on Monday, Energex crews has restored power to 47,000 homes and businesses across southeast Queensland.
BERNAMA
