'Please be patient, we will get to you': Storm damage mounts
Remain patient because help is on the way, is the message by Queensland Fire and Emergency Services commissioner Greg Leach after Brisbane experienced its most damaging hail event since 2014.
"QFES is responding to 1600+ requests for assistance due to the south-east Qld storms this weekend," he tweeted on Sunday.
Naomi Thompson's Springfield Lake home was damaged by the storm: "House destroyed, roof collapsed, all 3 cars destroyed", she wrote on Facebook.Credit:Naomi Thompson, Facebook
"Our crews are working as quickly as they can to help those in need.
"Please be patient, we will get to you. A big thank you to affected communities for their support."
Almost 10,000 south-east Queenslanders were without power after the storm and more than 5000 lodged insurance claims.
Almost 3000 people are still without power in south-east Queensland on Monday, with about 2000 of those being in Springfield Lakes.
Naomi Thompson took to Facebook to share the destruction online.
"We never get storms in Springfield Lakes ... Yet today we did ... House destroyed, roof collapsed, all 3 cars destroyed," she wrote on Saturday.
"Shaken kids, one cat missing and just speechless. We are all OK thankfully."
Energex reported that about 14,000 customers were still without power on Sunday morning after more than 120 powerlines were downed - most on the Sunshine Coast - and almost 300,000 lightning strikes.
Hail of up to 14 centimetres was dumped along a path from Amberley to the northern Logan suburbs, probably among the largest ever seen nationwide, according to the Bureau of Meteorology.
The weather bureau was predicting clear skies and warmer temperatures in the state with a chance of coastal showers moving north on Monday and Tuesday.
Jocelyn Garcia is a journalist at the Brisbane Times, covering breaking news.