Fresh Queensland Storm and Flash Flood Warnings Issued

Affected towns included Roma, Charleville, St George, Mitchell, Augathella, and Surat.

Holloways Beach resident Lisa Methven watches the storm across the Coral Sea as Cyclone Jasper approaches landfall in Cairns in far north Queensland on Dec. 13, 2023. Brian Cassey/AFP via Getty Images

Queenslanders are hunkering down amid a Christmas Day warning for large hailstones, torrential rain, and possible flash flooding in the state’s southern interior

The Bureau of Meteorology issued a severe thunderstorm warning on Monday for parts of Maranoa and Warrego and Darling Downs and Granite Belt forecast districts.