Girl Fighting for Life After Being Hit by Lightning

Published on December 17, 2023

A 10-year-old girl is fighting for life after being struck by lightning as more wild weather descended on Queensland causing major flooding in Cairns. The girl was injured at a private property in Beerwah on the Sunshine Coast at 2:30 p.m. on Saturday during severe thunderstorms due to ex-cyclone Jasper. She was taken to Sunshine Coast University Hospital and then flown to Queensland Children’s Hospital in a critical condition, Queensland Police confirmed. An emergency warning was issued on Sunday morning as Cairns started to experience major flooding due to the Barron River quickly rising. Homes, buildings, roads and bridges were flooded while authorities warned of landslides as well as the risk that vital services like power, water, sewerage and telephone services could be cut off....