Severe storms affecting south-east Queensland (QLD) have abated for the moment, but the Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) has warned that further storms remain a risk throughout Thursday, with the potential for flash and localised flooding. This comes as floods have devastated the southeast of the state and northeast of New South Wales over the past week, with 14 people dead, many missing, and thousands of homes and businesses destroyed. BOM had issued a severe thunderstorm warning on Wednesday, saying the storm had the potential to bring a return of flash and riverine flooding to southeast Queensland over the coming days. The thunderstorms were forecast to produce locally intense rainfall, destructive winds, and large hail around southeast QLD from late Wednesday evening, which would likely persist into the weekend and potentially cause water to rise in local creeks and streams that respond quickly to heavy, short duration rainfall. A predicted thunderstorms …