Rain has finally eased allowing the recovery effort to begin in earnest, with about 50 Australian Defence Force personnel to arrive on Thursday.
Local SES crews have been joined by reinforcements from NSW and Victoria while more than 1000 personnel are on the ground working to restore power.
Energex's Chris Graham on Thursday said there had been "unprecedented levels of damage" to the network caused by the wild weather.
The Gold Coast experienced a tornado on Christmas Day while Logan and the Scenic Rim regions were also hit hard after storms were followed by heavy rain and flash flooding.
Areas around the Gold Coast suffered flooding during heavy downpours. (Dave Hunt/AAP PHOTOS)
More than 6000 people are still without power in the southeast on Thursday morning.
"They've been without power since Christmas night and we have been working extremely hard every single day to get all those customers back on," Mr Graham told the ABC.
"We can see the finish line, we're not quite there but we're pushing right through to the very end."
Expert loggers are arriving to help clear fallen trees that have damaged hundreds of power lines.
"It's obliterated the network in some parts. Poles have been snapped in half," Mr Graham said of the storms.
Many Energex staff have returned early from holidays to assist SES, emergency services and local council crews with the recovery.
"We will be making sure that every available set of boots is on the ground," Queensland Disaster Recovery Minister Nikki Boyd said of the clean-up effort.
Seven people died in storm-related incidents over the Christmas period.
At one stage more than 130,000 people lost power after damaging storms on Christmas Day were followed by heavy rain and flash flooding.
More than 3300 assessments have been completed in the southeast with 10 homes destroyed, 145 sustaining moderate damage and another 386 with minor harm.
Additional suburbs in Logan, the Gold Coast and Scenic Rim have been activated for state and federal financial assistance.
Gold Coast City Council on Thursday announced rates notices and water bills would be postponed for two weeks.
"We know this is a very difficult time for residents and this is one small way we can help support our ratepayers in the wake of the storms," council CEO Tim Baker said.
The recovery effort is expected to gain momentum on Thursday with only small, isolated showers forecast for the southeast over the coming days.
"I am advised that the worst of the weather is behind us," Ms Boyd said.
"This allows for the important restoration and rebuild work to commence and continue."
While the wild weather may have passed Queensland, the Bureau of Meteorology said there's a risk of thunderstorms in southern states on Thursday.
"Thunderstorms become most likely around southern and central NSW, maybe just the far northeast of Victoria as well," meteorologist Angus Hines said.
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