CLEAN-up efforts have started after a series of intense storm cells battered parts of the southeast on Monday, and the weather bureau warns there is more to come.

Reports from Sky Weather suggest up to 100 millimetres of rain could fall during the rest of the week in parts of the southeast, as well as the threat of more thunderstorms that are set to deliver hail and winds up to 120km/h.

The Bureau of Meteorology at 1:11pm issued a severe thunderstorm warning for people in parts of the Central Highlands and Coalfields, Capricornia, Wide Bay and Burnett, Maranoa and Warrego, Darling Downs and Granite Belt and Southeast Coast forecast districts.

“Severe thunderstorms are likely to produce damaging winds and large hailstones in the warning area over the next several hours. Locations which may be affected include Dalby, Kingaroy, Esk, Injune, Gayndah, Kilcoy, Nanango and Tara,” the bureau said.

Severe storms are also likely across much of southeast Queensland, with the Darling Downs, Toowoomba and Kingaroy regions at most risk this afternoon,

“Damaging winds, large hail, heavy rainfall all possible,” the bureau says.

It is going to be a big week of wet weather in Toowoomba, with rain forecast every day for the next seven days, The Toowoomba Chronicle reports.

Meteorologist Gordon Banks said there was certainly a chance for precipitation each day this week.

“Wet weather is very active at the moment and it has been for the past couple of days,” he said.

“There is potential over the next two or three days for severe thunderstorms which could produce quite significant damaging winds, large hail and heavy rain.

“It will then spread into showers and rain before gradually beginning to clear over the weekend. I don’t think too many people will be complaining about this.”

On the Sunshine Coast, council staff were busy in Glass House Mountains this morning after strong winds whipped through overnight, pulling down trees at Settlers Rotary Park and along Steve Irwin Way, The Sunshine Coast Daily reports.

Damage was also reported on Coonowrin Rd, Outlook Drive, Bricalli Rd, Sahara Rd,

Four roofs were damaged during the onslaught, while firefighters assisted with five homes in the Cooroy area which reported leaks.

Firefighters and SES crews were this morning clearing roads and trimming trees in Beerwah.

The clean up efforts come as the region prepares for another potential battering today.

Bureau of Meteorology forecaster Gordon Banks said “another round of activity” was likely today, with showers and inland thunderstorms moving towards the coast.

He said conditions could be “slightly less unstable” today than yesterday, but any reprieve would be brief as tomorrow was set to be more intense.

An upper trough “pulse” is set to move across the region on Wednesday.

“As a result, the atmosphere will be extremely unstable,” Mr Banks said.

“Some of them (thunderstorms) are likely to be severe.”

Damaging wind gusts of more than 90km/h are likely again today and are set to become more dangerous tomorrow.

Winds described as “possibly destructive” at 120km/h or more are expected.

Large hail 2cm in diameter or more is also on the cards for today and tomorrow.

Flash flooding is possible but less likely, as to date rainfall associated with the storm cells has not been intense enough.

“Thursday is very active again,” Mr Banks warned.

A southerly change on Thursday is set to send temperatures plummeting too, with cold, overcast, drizzly, “significantly cooler” conditions setting in Thursday, Friday and into the weekend.

Since 9am yesterday rain gauge records showed how widespread the falls have been.

Sugarbag Rd received 25mm, while Bells Creek North (26mm), Mawsons Rd (21mm), Eerwah Vale (19mm), Mapleton (21mm), Mount Tinbeerwah (13mm), Maleny (23mm), Elm St (28mm) and Black Mountain (26mm) were all hit hard.

Many of those totals fell in just an hour yesterday afternoon, as the severe storm cell pushed from the hinterland out to sea.