A British woman has been tragically crushed to death under her own campervan which rolled on top of her during a fierce storm in Australia.
Eleanor Thompson, 35, a hospitality worker from Mold, Wales, was travelling alone in her campervan when Cyclone Alfred with 100mph winds struck Australia last month.
She was in Burringbar, New South Wales, when the storm ravaged the area on March 8, an inquest heard.
The authorities in the region had warned people to stay indoors to avoid putting themselves and the emergency services at risk.
Senior coroner John Gittins said he had been informed by Ms Thompson’s father that she was in quite a remote area and believed to be seeking shelter.
Mr Gittins said that she exited her van, which then possibly rolled over and injured her during the storm.
Ms Thompson died as a result of ‘multiple injuries’, a post-mortem examination in Australia found.
The full inquest hearing could be delayed due to further inquiries having to be carried out, according to Mr Gittins.
Fallen trees following Cyclone Alfred are pictured above in Pottsville Beach, Northern New South Wales, Monday, March 10, 2025
A damaged home is pictured after a tree uprooted by strong winds crashed into the structure in the suburb of Elanora as Cyclone Alfred passed near the Gold Coast on March 8, 2025
Local residents paddle a canoe down a street in South Lismore, New South Wales, Australia, 10 March 2025
Around 290,000 homes were left without power for days following the storm in early March, with many Australians needing to be rescued.
Heavy rainfall totals in southeast Queensland reached almost 1200mm in some areas.
Brisbane was inundated by almost 280mm on March 10 alone – the city’s biggest 24-hour total in more than 50 years.
The mayor of the Gold Coast revealed ’80 per cent of our beach is gone’ due to coastal erosion caused by the cyclone – which was later downgraded to a tropical storm -, so a sand bumping barge was sent to the region to rectify the damage.
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