8 Dead, 1 Missing in Australia After Severe Thunderstorms

The scoreboard warns of severe weather approaching on the first day of the second cricket Test match between Australia and Pakistan at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on Dec. 26, 2023.

Eight people were killed and one is missing in Australia after severe thunderstorms battered the country's east over the Christmas holidays, authorities said on Wednesday, with tens of thousands of properties still without power.