The SES has received 90 calls for help over the past 24 hours, predominantly from residents in the Moreton Bay area, north of Brisbane.
Severe thunderstorms have lashed parts of south-east Queensland , bringing heavy rain, flash flooding and hail.
"We have a lot of three to six year olds in our school so those were probably the ones that were most scared," owner Brett Fenton said. "Our team are experts at teaching that age group, so they calmed them down and played some games and kept them entertained.""A bit of work to do, a bit of cleaning up to do, but you know, hopefully we'll be back up and running in the next few days," he said.Falls of 50 to 100 millimetres were recorded in parts of the hinterland and southern Gold Coast on Wednesday, with some pockets receiving up to 130mm.
Bureau of Meteorology Senior Forecaster Steven Hadley said further rain was expected to continue through Thursday morning but should ease by the afternoon."Around the Brisbane area today there's a chance of seven to 25 millimetres, but of course some places will get a bit more than that," he said.Barley grower Doug Wunch has lost most of his crop from his property just south-west of Jandowae, in Queensland's Western Downs region.
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