Residents of a storm-hit south-east Queensland community have spent the day taking stock of the damage.
Hundreds of energy workers have been deployed to the region, including Mount Tamborine, which is among the worst affected.
“You go through the tornado and you’re like, ‘alright, cool, let’s just go fix the house’,” Zora said.
“All of a sudden a flood happens out of nowhere.
“I’m quite used to the mountain life, however I don’t know what on earth that was.”
Ange Wild has sourced generators for her neighbours to offer a lifeline to some of the thousands without power.
“Resourced 25 of them personally just to be able to give people some basics and essentials,” Wild said.
While there are state disaster relief payments, locals said they have not gone far.
“It’s going nowhere when people have no food and no water and no essentials,” Wild said.
Residents are offering free lunches in town.
“It picks up our mood seeing them with a smile on their face knowing what they’ve gone through,” butcher Stuart Kenny said.
Scenic Rim Mayor Greg Christensen said blue skies were also a welcome sight despite the carnage.
“When the sun shines and the rain is not pouring so hard it can drown you standing up – life feels good,” Christensen said.
The army will arrive in the region tomorrow with 50 troops tasked to help.
“There is a small deployment coming our way to help with the recovery of public infrastructure,” Christensen said.
