10 Dead, 1 Missing in Eastern Australia's Severe Christmas Storms

Victims include three friends on a fishing trip, two women exploring stormwater drains, and a nine-year-old girl swept away in a stormwater drain.

Severe storms across eastern Australia over the Christmas period have resulted in the deaths of 10 people, with one man still missing.
Among the victims were three friends on an annual fishing trip who were on a yacht that capsized in Moreton Bay near Brisbane on Boxing Day.
Two women died while exploring the 'Love Tunnel', a network of stormwater drains in Gympie, when a large storm hit and washed them off their feet.
A nine-year-old girl in Brisbane was swept away in a stormwater drain on Boxing Day, her body was found after an extensive search.
A man in Victoria died on Christmas Day when a branch fell on his property, and a 59-year-old woman was killed by a falling tree on the Gold Coast.