Deadly storm fails to halt filming of I’m a Celebrity...

FILMING continued as normal on I’m a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! as deadly storms lashed the east coast of Australia.

One man was swept to his death and more than 230,000 homes and businesses lost power yesterday along a 112-mile stretch of the Queensland coast.

Golf-ball-sized hailstones and torrential rain pounded the area and winds gusted up to 130kph.

Australia’s government declared Brisbane a natural disaster zone, and promised to make troops available to help with the clear-up.

A 20-year-old man was killed in the city when he was swept away after climbing into a storm drain to photograph the storm.

The celebrities in the camp — around 110 kilometres from Brisbane — escaped the worst of the storm, but still had to endure heavy rain in addition to all the other perils of the jungle.

A spokeswoman said: “The celebrities are feeling a bit glum about the weather, but it hasn’t affected filming.”

Assuming he avoided being struck down by monster hailstones, former EastEnders star Joe Swash was set to face a stomach-churning test last night when asked to eat witchetty grubs — white, wood-eating larvae of several moths — in the latest bushtucker trial.

The public voted for Swash to be pitted against page 3 model Nicola McLean in the grim task.

Bookmakers have tipped Swash as the 4/1 favourite to win the show, but 52-year-old Martina Navratilova, at 6/1, has so far proved more attractive to punters.