“Go inside a strong building now. Stay inside until the storm has passed.” At around 9am, Gold Coast City Council shared a flash flooding warning for low-lying areas of Currumbin and Tallebudgera.

After the storm, engineers had assessed the biggest waves at 10m. “They were the biggest seas ever seen in European history on the Gold Coast,’’ he said. Callaghan said he and Cunningham had ...

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Picture: Glenn Hampson. The storm caused disruption at Gold Coast Airport, where the power went out for a short period and a flight from Hong Kong had to be diverted to Brisbane as rain and wind ...