‘There’s been some tears’: storm and flood-hit Queensland town battles heatwave as more wild weather forecast

Towns in south-east Queensland were battered by storms and flash flooding over Christmas and Boxing Day. Now they’re suffering through a heatwave, and bracing for more storms. Photograph: Dave Hunt/AAP

Inside an unassuming hall in Jimboomba, north-west of Queensland’s Gold Coast, Sarah Weir is offering a reprieve from the heat, cool drinks and food, wifi, and even her shoulder to cry on.

“There’s been some tears,” she says.