Electrifying

said. “In Coolangatta and along the coastline, temperatures will stay in the high 20s to low 30s and humidity will be at 70 to 80 per cent. (And) it doesn’t look like we’re in store for any significant rain.”

Mr Cronje said Beaudesert residents will swelter through tops of 37 degrees this week.

“It’s going to be very hot inland,” he said.

This incredible picture was taken by Dean Johnson in Benowa.