Girl Among 7 Dead as Storms Ravage Queensland

Queensland Ambulance Service said two people had been found dead after a boat capsized at Moreton Bay on Tuesday afternoon with 11 people on board.

A motorist drives through floodwater as Cyclone Jasper approaches landfall in Cairns in far north Queensland on Dec. 13, 2023. Brian Cassey/AFP via Getty Images

Seven people have died as severe storms felled trees, swelled rivers and cut power across southeast Queensland.

In the latest tragedy, the body of a 46-year-old woman was recovered near Gympie after a search in the Mary River on Wednesday.