The Mayor of the Gold Coast has called out the Bureau of Meteorology for sending out a severe weather alert after the storm had already began wreaking havoc.
Mayor Tom Tate said he received an alert from the BOM at 9pm on Christmas, warning severe storms were set to hammer down on the coast from 8.45pm.
Residents were then alerted via the emergency app a short time later.
‘I think it’s unforgivable,’ he said.
‘We will be talking to BOM