Golfer is fighting for life after being struck by lightning while playing in heavy rain – as an urgent warning is sent out for residents to stay indoors
- A golfer has been struck by lighting in Brisbane’s north
- Queensland’s southeast is set for further storm activity
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A man is fighting for his life in hospital after he was struck by lighting while playing golf – as wild storms lashed the surrounding region.
The man was struck at Wantima Golf Course at Brendale in Brisbane’s north around 2:30pm on Sunday.
Queensland Ambulance were called to the course, where paramedics treated the man.
He’s been rushed to Brisbane and Women’s Hospital and is in a critical condition.
Residents in Queensland’s southeast braced for thunderstorm activity on Sunday afternoon.
Bureau of Meteorology senior meteorologist Harry Clark told Daily Mail Australia that there were severe storms north of Noosa that were heading east.
‘There are warnings still in place for areas such as Noosa into the Wide Bay as well as Gympie, Inskip, Rainbow Beach,’ he said.
A man has been struck by lighting while playing golf in Brisbane’s north as wild storms batter the region
The severe storm activity swept through southeast Queensland in Brisbane, Logan, Moreton Bay and the Sunshine Coast
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Storms are expected to reach Lake Cooloola by 6pm and Rainbow Beach, Inskip and Inskip Point by 6:30pm.
Mr Clark said conditions in Brisbane and the Sunshine Coast ‘had now eased’.
The heaviest falls were recorded at northern Brisbane with 60mm of rain and Eumundi in the Sunshine Coast with 77mm.
There have been no reports of damaging winds.
Earlier in the day, the Bureau warned that ‘extensive thunderstorm activity’ was headed towards the Gold Coast and Brisbane.
Brisbane’s CBD, Beenleigh, Logan, Strathpine, Cleveland, Redcliffe and Kallangur were reported to be the most affected by the weather.
Storms swept through Brisbane, Logan, Moreton Bay and the Sunshine Coast.
These regions were battered by lightning strikes and heavy rain.
It comes as major flood warnings remain in place for Burketown, in Queensland’s northwest.
More to come.
