A “very dangerous” thunderstorm has lashed large parts of Queensland, dropping five-centimetre hail, generating 70km/h winds and collapsing the ceiling of a Sunshine Coast shopping centre.
Leah Whittaker was shopping with a friend in Kmart Maroochydore just before 6pm when she heard the rain intensify and then the hail start battering the roof of Sunshine Plaza.
An alarm sounded before they heard a “cracking noise” from the ceiling.
“The next thing the whole roof just like caved in, in that one section,” she told 9News.com.au.
.”And then it was like the roof boards collapsed.
“Piping, wires, a light dangling down and “what looked like dirt or something” came through the roof before the water started bucketing down and the 22-year-old pulled out her phone to start filming.
The storms passed out to sea away from Brisbane and the Sunshine Coast throughout the night.
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