Queensland weather: Bundaberg hit with flash floods

Queensland’s popular tourist town was hit with a freak storm overnight leaving homes destroyed and thousands without power.

The biggest one-day downpour in more than 60 years battered Bundaberg with more than 340 millimetres of rain on Monday. 

Residents of the popular Fraser Coast town shared photos of the debris online, showing sheds completely ripped apart and backyards resembling junk yards.

The biggest one-day downpour in more than 60 years battered the coastal Queensland town (pictured)

Photos shared online show debris littering backyards, turning them into junk yards (pictured) 

Local Bronnie Durston told ABC News the terrifying ‘wind storm’ swept through her home while her family had to barricade themselves inside for safety. 

‘You could hear the hum in the air as it came through,’ Ms Durston said. 

‘I said ‘oh, that sounds funny’ thinking it was something on the TV.

‘Next minute you could literally feel the air move through the house … I’ve never experienced anything like it before in my life.’

Another local resident told NewsMail she saw a ‘huge twister’ outside her home and was told by police to evacuate immediately. 

‘Our back fence has been completely torn off, we’ve had trees fallen down everywhere – luckily they didn’t hit the house – and our garage doors are broken and torn through,’ Jordan Walmsley said.  

On resident said the terrifying ‘wind storm’ swept through her home while her family had to barricade themselves inside for safety

‘I’ve never experienced anything like it before in my life,’ one resident told a local publication

The huge dumping of rain smashed a 130-year Queensland record and more rain is expected

The huge dumping of rain smashed a 130-year Queensland record and more rain is expected to make its way down the coast from Gladstone.

It comes after more than two months without rain. 

One person took to social media saying they ‘needed the rain so desperately but [they] didn’t need this’ while others described the storm as ‘cyclonic’.  

Queensland State Emergency Services (SES) were called to more than 170 incidents in area

More than 5000 homes are still without power while the flash flooding left roads closed

One person took to social media saying they ‘needed the rain so desperately but [they] didn’t need this’ after more than two months without rain (pictured)

The wild weather also left at least 60 people stranded in Brisbane after a Monday flight to Bundaberg was forced to turn around before landing

The flash flooding left roads closed (pictured) to popular coastal towns including Agnes Water

More than 5000 homes are still without power while the flash flooding left roads closed to popular coastal towns including Agnes Water.

Queensland State Emergency Services (SES) were called to more than 170 incidents following the dump of rain, according to The Courier Mail.

The wild weather also left at least 60 people stranded in Brisbane after a Monday flight to Bundaberg was forced to turn around before landing, NewsMail previously reported.

Brisbane is expected to get up to 25 millimetres in rainfall Wednesday.