Man taken to hospital after lightning strike as south-east Queensland battered by intense storm

A man is in a critical condition after he was struck by lightning in Queensland's south-east.

Paramedics were called to an address in the Moreton Bay suburb of Brendale, north-west of Brisbane, around 2:30pm on Sunday.

Crews worked on the man at the scene of the lightning strike for close to an hour before he was taken to hospital.

Parts of south-east Queensland were battered by an intense thunderstorm, with severe thunderstorm warnings still in place for parts of the Sunshine Coast and Moreton Bay.

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