South East Queensland storms - 25 November

Energex field crews, supported by contractors, have worked hard to restore customers where possible, following a peak of 162,000 outages on Monday evening.

The majority of the remaining custmers are expected to be restored to power by 8pm Wednesday, however some areas of severe damage around Bribie Island and the Sunshine Coast are likely to be without power into Thursday.

These timeframes may also be affected due to further storm activity predicted during Tuesday night.

A summary of the outages as of 9.30pm Tuesday by Local Government area:

• Moreton Bay – 27,200
• Sunshine Coast – 8,100
• Noosa – 4,300
• Ipswich – 1,900
• Gympie – 900
• Somerset – 800
• Scenic Rim - 300
• Brisbane – 200

As always, safety comes first, during a massive restoration effort.

Field crews will again work throughout the night, but will have to stop work during any new storm activity.

Energex asks for residents to take extreme care when cleaning up storm debris, particularly fallen trees and vegetation, as fallen powerlines may be hidden underneath debris and could well be live.

Stay well away from all fallen powerlines – always treat them as if they are live - and call Energex on 13 19 62.

Energex will have three helicopters flying quite low across the most severely damaged areas from first light again Wednesday morning to further assess damage.

For outage updates, visit the Energex Facebook page, or the text view of Outage Finder, which can be broken down by Council area or suburb.