The toll from southeast Queensland's severe storms has risen to seven, with the body of another woman recovered near Gympie.
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The 46-year-old was found on Wednesday afternoon following a search in the Mary River.
Police said three women had been "exploring" in a storm drain when they were swept away by water.
The body of a 40-year-old was retrieved from the river on Tuesday night, while the third member of the group managed to get to safety.
"It is just a tragic set of circumstances but it's felt particularly hard this time of year when people would prefer to be spending time with their loved ones and family," Superintendent Paul Algie said.
Three people are dead after a boat capsized in Moreton Bay on Tuesday afternoon with 11 passengers aboard.
Paramedics initially took eight patients to hospital in a stable condition, while one male remained unaccounted for.
Police then confirmed on Wednesday the body of the remaining missing person had also been found.
The three deceased are known to be a 48-year-old from Alexandra Hills, a 69-year-old from Meridan Plains and a 59-year-old from Tingalpa.
Police Commissioner Katarina Carroll said the deaths had occurred during a period of "extraordinarily difficult weather" and urged people in affected regions to listen to authorities and stay out of dangerous areas.
"It has been a very tragic 24 hours due to the weather," she said.
The body of a nine-year-old girl was found following an extensive police search on Tuesday evening after she was lost in stormwater drains in Brisbane.
Christmas storms also accounted for one death on Monday after a 59-year-old woman was fatally struck by a falling tree on the Gold Coast.
Premier Steven Miles said on social media he was heartbroken to hear of the deaths.
"Every Queenslander will have those families in our thoughts and prayers," he said.
Mr Miles said people on the Gold Coast who were impacted by storms may be eligible for disaster hardship funding.
The payments are $180 per person and up to $900 for a family.
"They're designed really just to get people through these first few days to make sure they have got food and other essentials," Mr Miles said.
Gold Coast mayor Tom Tate said his city was "not out of the woods" but forecasts for clearer weather would allow the SES to attend 800 storm-damaged homes.
Cr Tate urged residents to check on vulnerable neighbours and not to attend hospital unless it was an emergency due to a 30 per cent spike in admissions linked to power outages.
"We are assessing all the New Year's Eve event venues right now because it is going to be very warm and if there's fire danger (from fireworks) we might have to cancel some," he said.
Queensland Energy Minster Mick de Brenni said Energex power grid crews had been brought back early from flooding in Cairns to help restore services around the Gold Coast.
"Some of the crews have described the damage to the power system as unprecedented," he said.
Mr de Brenni said 85,700 homes and businesses in the Gold Coast and Logan areas and about 3000 around Brisbane had lost power on Tuesday night but 45,000 of those had now had services restored.
"There are about 950 instances of power lines down. That is an extraordinarily high number," he said.
Severe weather lashed parts of Queensland's southeast on Christmas and Boxing Day.
At Gympie a wind gust of 100km/h was recorded while hail the size of golf balls was spotted at Zillmere in Brisbane's north.
South western Jindalee copped 62mm of rain in an hour.
The Bureau of Meteorology said further severe thunderstorms were possible on Wednesday around central and northern parts of the Queensland coast, and potentially reaching south to Brisbane.
Heatwave conditions in the state's north prompted warnings, with maximum temperatures across the Gulf region expected to reach the low 40s.
Australian Associated Press
