by the 28th of january, nearly a quarter of households in south east queensland (around 300,000 homes and businesses) experienced power interruptions including 88,000 in brisbane, 32,000 on the sunshine coast, 28,000 in moreton bay area and 28,000 on the gold coast. about 2,000 powerlines were brought down by storms. more premises lost power in this storm event than in the january 2011 floods. by 9pm 31 january approximately 5,300 premises were still without power.