ABC, By: Sharnie Kim and Kier Shorey, 11/19/2013

Severe weather overnight has damaged buildings at Mount Garnet in far north Queensland. Daryl Camp from Emergency Management Queensland says a service station and at least three houses have lost part of their roofs. The storm also brought down trees and powerlines. Mr Camp says locals were taken by surprise. "The SES [State Emergency Service] guys could see the storm coming so they went in and started preparing, making sure they were ready," he said. "When the hail started coming down they all moved inside and closed the roller doors and what they had to do was park the cars against the doors because the winds were that strong they almost blew the roller doors in. A large tree fell down and blocked their building, the roller doors, so they cleaned that up and then they went straight out and they went around the town. They certainly weren't expecting it to be quite that severe and there was no severe thunderstorm warning for that area." Michael Chong from the Mount Garnet roadhouse says the storm was reminiscent of a cyclone.

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By: ABC, 11/16/2013

Sunshine Coast residents have been pelted with hail the size of tennis balls today as dangerous thunderstorms hit south-east Queensland. A line of hail storms battered region this afternoon causing widespread damage in Brisbane, the Gold and Sunshine coasts.

The State Emergency Service (SES) is responding to hundreds of calls for help on the Sunshine Coast with damage to homes, cars and buildings. One person was taken to hospital with serious head injuries after he was struck by a large piece of hail this afternoon. SES workers are out repairing damage to roofs and broken windows. Authorities say the worst hit areas were Maroochydore and Mooloolaba. The weather bureau has issued another warning for very dangerous thunderstorms.

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By: Andree Withey and Paul Robinson, 11/15/2013

The State Emergency Service (SES) has had another busy night after severe storms lashed parts of Queensland again yesterday. Crews says they have received 71 calls for help in the past 24 hours. The weather bureau says the Central Highlands bore the brunt of yesterday's wild weather. Nearly 120 millimetres fell near Woorabinda, 100mm at Thangool, and many other areas received about 60mm. Weather bureau spokesman Benj Blunt says one particular storm cell affected a wide area. "One particular super-cell started up about 5:30[pm] yesterday just to the south of Rolleston and it went for about eight hours, tracked a good 300 kilometres, clearing off the coast just south of Emu Park "It was a beauty all right, so they can hang around for a while." Ergon is reporting some places are without power. The rain also forced the postponement of Rockhampton's annual Christmas parade along Musgrave Street to a major shopping centre. More rain is forecast over the next few days.

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ABC, By: Adrienne Francis, 11/13/2013

Extreme frosts and heavy rain have caused widespread damage to vineyards and grain crops across the Canberra region and southern New South Wales. A survey of grape growers found two-thirds suffered frost damage to their vines last month. Two of those had 22 acres affected, equating to an estimated $500,000 in lost wine sales to each vineyard.

Murrumbateman grower John Collingwood lost 50 per cent of his crop to frost and for the first time is now considering buying fruit from South Australia or Victoria to substitute his harvest. "In agriculture and farming there's high highs and low lows and this unfortunately was one of the lower times," he said. "I know of one person for which this was the straw that broke the camel's back and they have decided to pull out their vineyard." Grain growers like Tony Flanery at Galong are experiencing similar extensive losses.

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ABC, By: David Claughton, Alex Blucher and Skye Manson, 11/12/2013

Rain across parts of New South Wales has improved the mood and prospects for many farmers. There were heavy falls on the north coast and up to 50 millimetres across inland areas that had been dry, although areas in drought in the far west have missed out.

In the state's south-east, farmers were calling it a 'green drought' last week, but Monaro wool grower Brian Clifford says this rain is a godsend. "We got the wind and hot weather in October that really dried the ground right out," he said. "It was disastrous really, until this change. It's cooled off and there's a bit of rain, so especially at our altitude at Shannon's Flat, we're close to 1,200 metres, it'll keep us green until Christmas."

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