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FRIDAY, MAY 30, 2025
8 dead, 1 missing in Australia after severe thunderstorms

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Reuters
27 December, 2023, 09:00 am
Last modified: 27 December, 2023, 09:06 am

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8 dead, 1 missing in Australia after severe thunderstorms

Three men were killed after a yacht with 11 onboard capsized near Green Island in Moreton Bay

Reuters
27 December, 2023, 09:00 am
Last modified: 27 December, 2023, 09:06 am
Floodwaters at Lake Placid in Cairns, Australia after former Tropical Cyclone Jasper made landfall earlier this month, Dec 18, 2023. PHOTO: REUTERS
Floodwaters at Lake Placid in Cairns, Australia after former Tropical Cyclone Jasper made landfall earlier this month, Dec 18, 2023. PHOTO: REUTERS

Eight people were killed and one is missing in Australia after severe thunderstorms battered the country's east over the Christmas holidays, authorities said on Wednesday, with tens of thousands of properties still without power.

Wild weather lashed the states of Victoria, New South Wales and Queensland on Dec. 25 and 26 bringing large hailstones and torrential rains. Strong winds blew off roofs and brought down trees in some of the worst-affected areas.

Three men were killed after a yacht with 11 onboard capsized near Green Island in Moreton Bay, Queensland state Police Commissioner Katarina Carrol told reporters.

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A nine-year-old girl and a woman were found dead in separate incidents in Queensland after they were swept away in flooded stormwater drains. Two were killed by falling trees.

Authorities warned that fast-rising rivers and streams could burst banks inundating campgrounds, which usually become crowded during the Christmas and New Year weeks.

A woman was found dead in a campground in Victoria after flood waters receded, police said.

Queensland's state-owned Energex said more than 90,000 households were still without power following the storms, adding it had sustained severe damage to its network with hundreds of power lines down and it would take days to restore power.

Australia's Bureau of Meteorology has forecast further rain though the wild weather was expected to ease later on Wednesday.

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