A young girl among seven people killed in Queensland’s wild weather | ABC News

Queensland has been hit by deadly storms over the past 48 hours with seven deaths, including a child. Three men have died after their annual Boxing Day boat trip turned to tragedy when the boat capsized off Brisbane’s Moreton Bay with 11 friends onboard. A 9-year-old girl has died after she was swept away in a flooded storm drain south of Brisbane overnight. Further north, near Noosa, the bodies of two women in their 40s were discovered in the Mary River. And a woman has died on the Gold Coast following a Christmas night tornado. Subscribe: Read more here: ABC News provides around the clock coverage of news events as they break in Australia and abroad, including the latest coronavirus pandemic updates. It’s news when you want it, from Australia’s most trusted news organisation. For more from ABC News, click here: Watch more ABC News content ad-free on ABC iview: Go deeper on our ABC News In-depth channel: Like ABC News on Facebook: Follow ABC News on Instagram: Follow ABC News on Twitter: Note: In most cases, our captions are auto-generated. #ABCNews #ABCNewsAustralia