<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>A </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/weather-news" rel="" target="" title="powerful storm"><span>powerful storm</span></a><span> smashed parts of the </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/gold-coast" rel="" target="" title="Gold Coast"><span>Gold Coast</span></a><span>, causing </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/christmas" rel="" target="" title="Christmas Day"><span>Christmas Day</span></a><span> destruction at a holiday park and snapping a crane.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The quick but intense storm cut power to 6000 homes across Brisbane, Gold Coast and the Somerset regions, with Energex crews currently trying to restore power.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Southport was one of the worst impacted areas, with trees and power lines down across the suburb as the clean up begins.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE: </span></strong><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/bondi-shooting-albanese-announces-bravery-award-for-heroes-of-bondi-attack/bccd8ba5-71e8-4405-8d74-e1e404804d1b"><strong><span>'This Christmas is a different one', says Albanese as he serves festive meals</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span> The Christmas storm - known as a microburst - was so strong, it almost blew open restaurant doors and managed to send a barbeque flying.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>It also snapped a large crane, which hit a Gold Coast apartment building and halted Christmas festivities for the afternoon.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>At the Broadwater Tourist Park next door, holidaymakers were asked to evacuate as debris was strewn across the site.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/gold-coast-crane-snaps-microburst-storm-christmas-day/eb6c613d-b6a3-4ac8-a115-79de39e40c9c" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Tents were twisted and torn apart, even a boat was flipped by the storm.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"We've got family in the park and we went down to help out because our parents, their gazebo had smashed into a caravan," holidaymaker Taylor Grigore told 9News.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Caravans were moving in the wind, people were trying to run out to grab their stuff and it was just crazy."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>As quickly as it came, the storm was over.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Emergency services were on standby bit no-one was injured.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"No one is going to forget this Christmas I don't reckon here," holidaymaker Mitchell Hall said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/how-to-follow-9news-digital/29855bb1-ad3d-4c38-bc25-3cb52af1216f" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>DOWNLOAD THE 9NEWS APP</span></em></strong></a><strong><em><span>: Stay across all the latest in breaking news, sport, politics and the weather via our news app and get notifications sent straight to your smartphone. Available on the</span></em></strong><span> </span><a href="https://apps.apple.com/au/app/9news/id1010533727" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>Apple App Store</span></em></strong></a><span> </span><strong><em><span>and</span></em></strong><span> </span><a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=nineNewsAlerts.nine.com&amp;hl=en_AU&amp;pli=1" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>Google Play</span></em></strong></a><strong><em><span>.</span></em></strong></div></div>