Child fighting for life after being struck by lightning during violent south-east Queensland storm

A child struck by lightning during a violent storm system sweeping across south-east Queensland is fighting for life in hospital.

The 10-year-old girl was struck during the storm at a private property on Clarkes Rd in Beerwah, on the Sunshine Coast, at about 2.30pm, the Courier-Mail reported.

Critical care paramedics rushed the child to the Sunshine Coast University Hospital in a critical condition.

It comes as record-breaking damaging winds, large hail and heavy rain continue to wreak havoc across Queensland's southeast. 

The Bureau of Meteorology has issued several severe weather warnings since the storms began moving over the region on Friday.

An alert at 3.20pm on Saturday warned Ipswich, Logan, Scenic Rim, Gold Coast, Sunshine Coast, Noosa, Brisbane City, Moreton Bay and Gympie council areas could expect severe thunderstorms, damaging wind, hail, heavy rain and flash flooding.

Hail four centimetres large has already been seen in Beaudesert, to the west of the Gold Coast.

It follows freak storms on Friday night which caused widespread damage across the region.

Bureau of Meteorology senior meteorologist Shane Kennedy said winds recorded in Archerfield, south Brisbane, were the strongest recorded in more than 75 years.

'169km/h in Archerfield was a record from 143km/h back in 1946,' he said.

'That's the kind of thing we only see every few years or so.'