Severe Weather in Australian States of Queensland and Victoria Results in Nine Fatalities, Confirm Officials

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Officials have confirmed that severe weather conditions in the eastern Australian states of Queensland and Victoria have led to the deaths of at least nine individuals as of Wednesday.

In Queensland’s Moreton Bay, a boating accident caused by tumultuous weather led to the deaths of three men. The incident, which occurred on Tuesday, involved a boat carrying 11 passengers capsizing. Police reports indicate that the remaining eight individuals were rescued and hospitalized in stable conditions.

In a separate event in Queensland, a 59-year-old woman lost her life in the city of Gold Coast on Monday night due to a tree falling as a result of the storm. Additionally, in Brisbane, the neighboring city, a 9-year-old girl’s body was discovered on Tuesday after she vanished in a flooded stormwater drain.

The Mary River in Gympie, a town in Queensland, became the site of a tragic discovery with the recovery of two women’s bodies, aged 40 and 46. They were part of a group of three women who were carried away by floodwaters through a stormwater drain on Tuesday. One woman, aged 46, miraculously survived the ordeal.

Queensland Police Commissioner Katarina Carroll attributed these tragic events to the harsh weather conditions, describing them as “extraordinarily difficult.” Carroll expressed deep sorrow over these losses, highlighting the tragic nature of the past 24 hours in a statement to the press.

The severe weather has been wreaking havoc in parts of southeast Australia, including Queensland and Victoria, since Monday.

In regional Victoria, a woman’s body was discovered late Tuesday at a campsite in Buchan following the subsiding of flash floods. Earlier that day, a 44-year-old man in Caringal, located in eastern Victoria, was fatally injured by a falling tree branch on his rural property.

The storm has also caused significant infrastructural damage. In Queensland, over 1,000 power lines have been brought down by the thunderstorms and strong winds, leaving approximately 85,000 residents without electricity.

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