Cooroy Sporting Complex, Queensland: Woman killed by lightning strike amid severe storms
A 21-year-old woman has died after being struck by lightning during wild storms on Queensland’s Sunshine Coast.
Emergency services were called to the Cooroy Sporting Complex, near Noosa, just before 5:30pm on Thursday, following reports that a woman had been hit during a thunderstorm.
Queensland Ambulance Service paramedics treated the woman at the scene before rushing her to Nambour Hospital in a critical condition. She later died.
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The tragedy unfolded as a powerful weather system moved across the state, bringing torrential rain, strong winds and dangerous lightning.
The Bureau of Meteorology had earlier warned millions of Australians along the east coast to brace for soaking rain, severe thunderstorms and potentially giant hailstones as the system tracked slowly south.
Queensland Police and paramedics have urged residents to take extra caution during storm activity, avoid open fields and metal objects, and seek shelter immediately when lightning is nearby.
The woman’s death comes amid a week of volatile weather across eastern Australia, with multiple warnings still in place for heavy rainfall and flash flooding.
