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Nearly twenty-five thousand households in southeastern Queensland woke up lacking electricity on Monday's dawn after intense storm systems passed over the area, producing powerful gusts reaching over 100 km/h.

Large Ice Stones and Widespread Impact

Homeowners reported substantial frozen pellets as large as 7cm in certain regions. Weather authorities verified that various areas across the state had been hit with large hailstones.

Today's weather system has heavily impacted our infrastructure!

Response teams were focused on reestablishing energy supply throughout the impacted areas, with approximately seventy teams deployed to manage the numerous electricity disruptions.

Victorian Climate Difficulties

Meanwhile, approximately one thousand residents in Victoria also encountered electricity disruptions after the capital city recorded its heaviest rainfall in a year and a half.

Rescue organizations received nearly 600 calls for help across the area, mainly for building damage but also for collapsed vegetation and flooding.

Most Impacted Locations

• Werribee - recorded significant weather impact
• Hoppers Crossing area - various emergency calls
• Wyndham region - 179 calls for assistance

At one point on yesterday, over 28k energy customers in the state were experiencing outages.

Meteorological Predictions

Humid circumstances were expected to linger along much of eastern Queensland this next several days as a weather pattern continued to draw in moisture against the coastal areas.

Tomorrow was predicted as the heaviest precipitation period, with ongoing thunderstorm potential anticipated across various areas of both areas.

Medical Alert

Medical authorities warned that there was an greater possibility of thunderstorm-induced asthma across the northern rural areas, especially given the ongoing climate situation.

This warning comes after historical occurrences where similar conditions led to substantial respiratory problems in the area.