Lightning strike hits two people as storms sweep through southeast Queensland after sweltering day TWO men have been rushed to hospital after a lightning bolt struck the ground outside a caravan they were in on the Sunshine Coast. A Department of Community Safety spokeswoman said the two men were inside a caravan at the Cotton Tree Holiday Park when the lightning struck about 8.20pm. One of the men, aged in his 70s, was experiencing chest pain while the other man, aged in his 40s, had no obvious injuries. Both were taken to the Nambour General Hospital in a stable condition. This amazing snap was taken at Yeronga in Brisbane on Sunday. Picture: Declan Baker The incident comes only days after a father of one was killed when lightning hit him as he stood at the water's edge at Inskip Point, Rainbow Beach. Storms continued in the southeast overnight, with residents in the Gympie area still on alert at 10pm. Severe thunderstorms were detected northwest of Gympie and Kilkivan at 10.05pm, moving in a northerly direction. Lightning jags across the sky at Spring Hill in Brisbane. Picture: Nicholas Shera They were expected to impact Bauple at 10.35pm. A severe thunderstorm warning was also issued for the Wide Bay and Burnett and parts of the Gulf Country, Capricornia and Southeast Coast forecast districts at 9.31pm. Damaging winds and large hailstones were expected in centres such as Maroochydore, Gympie, Bundaberg, Noosa, Hervey Bay and Monto. The storm gathers over Tallebudgera Creek at Burleigh Heads on the Gold Coast. Picture: Charmaine Tilley At 8.30pm a 91km/h windgust was recorded at Gayndah. For more storm updates, visit the weather bureau. Earlier, at 9.30pm, severe thunderstorms were southwest of Gympie and at the ranges between Gympie and Murgon. Lightning jags across the sky at Cooloongatta on the Gold Coast. Picture: Courtney Laurendet The storms are heading northeast and are expected to reach Gympie and Kilkivan by 10pm, and the area northeast of Gympie and the area northwest of Gympie and Goomboorian by 10.30pm. Residents living in the Wide Bay and Burnett and parts of the Gulf Country, Central Highlands and Coalfields, Central West, Capricornia and Southeast Coast forecast districts are also facing thunderstorms. The weather bureau said those areas could expect damaging winds and large hailstones over the next several hours. Lightning flashes across the sky over Mount Gravatt in Brisbane on Sunday. Picture: Robert McEwan At 7.50pm, severe thunderstorms were detected south of Gympie. The storms are heading northeast and are likely to hit Noosa Heads, the area east of Gympie and Lake Cooloola by 8.20pm. Storms producing damaging winds are also forecast to impact areas in the Gulf Country, Northwest and Central Highlands and Coalfields districts. Taken near Burpengary East on Sunday. The weather bureau said at 7.05pm, thunderstorms were detected near Upper Brookfield, Kenilworth and Borumba Dam. The storms are heading north to northeast and are expected to impact Gympie, Pomona and Amamoor by 7.35pm and Redcliffe, Gympie and Caboolture by 8.05pm. An earlier warning for the Central Highlands and Coalfields and Darling Downs and Granite Belt districts has been cancelled. At 6.05pm, the weather bureau issued a warning saying severe thunderstorms were likely to hit areas such as Coolangatta, Caboolture, Dayboro and Burpengary by 6.35pm, and south of Esk, southwest of Caloundra, Beerwah and Borumba Dam by 7.05pm.