Weather bureau reverts to old rain radar after backlash

Criticism of the site kicked off earlier this week after a severe storm on Sunday caught many in south-east Queensland off guard, leaving more than 100,000 homes without power.

Queensland Premier David Crisafulli told state parliament the website was “flawed” and had failed in its duty to prepare residents.

“The changes to the federally run Bureau of Meteorology website are not good enough,” he said on Tuesday morning.

“The changes to the website don’t make sense. The website is flawed. Easy access to individual radars have been removed.

“The colour scheme we became accustomed to has changed, and platitudes from Canberra won’t cut it with Queenslanders.”

Changes made on October 22 included a new colour scheme with orange indicating the heaviest storm activity instead of the previous black.

More to come.

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