Once enough cooling takes place, the rain and hailstones being held high in the thunderstorm cloud drop to the ground - as a microburst. Once the microburst hits the ground, it spreads out in all ...

Extreme damage to a structure caused by a microburst. As the air rises within a thunderstorm, so do water droplets and hailstones. Sometimes the thunderstorm can support this in large amounts ...

Some Brisbane residents have a clean-up job ahead after an "unusual" dry microburst brought wind gusts of up to 80 kilometres per hour. The storm swept through the Carina Heights area on ...

Residents survey the damage after the microburst storm hit suburbs in Brisbane’s east. Picture: Steve Pohlner By 6am on Friday, more than 100 homes were still without power across Carina and ...

Australia: Powerful ‘Microburst’ Storm Hits Brisbane, Leaving Widespread Damage Posted: January 17, 2025 | Last updated: January 17, 2025 A powerful storm system caused a 'microburst' with ...