The Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) launched its new website on Wednesday, days before ferocious storms battered parts of the ...

The new Bureau of Meteorology website has whipped up a storm almost as big as the wild weather on Sunday, with Caboolture residents furious they have been unceremoniously dumped.

The BoM’s app was showing a lag that stopped hours before the current time for some users, while others simply saw a spinning loading wheel.