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Approximately 25,000 residences in Queensland's southeast were left experiencing outages on Monday morning after powerful weather events impacted the state, generating wind gusts hitting over 100 km/h.

Massive Ice Stones and Extensive Damage

Homeowners witnessed giant hailstones measuring up to seven centimeters in certain regions. Weather authorities confirmed that various areas across the state had been impacted by large hailstones.

This afternoon's storm has severely damaged our power system!

Utility workers were attempting to repair electricity service throughout the impacted areas, with approximately seventy teams deployed to address the numerous electricity disruptions.

Victorian Weather Woes

Simultaneously, approximately one thousand residents in the southern state also faced electricity disruptions after Melbourne recorded its wettest day in 18 months.

Rescue organizations responded to nearly 600 requests for assistance across the area, mostly for property damage but also for collapsed vegetation and water accumulation.

Hardest Hit Areas

• Werribee - recorded substantial storm damage
• Hoppers Crossing suburb - various emergency calls
• Wyndham region - 179 help reports

At the height on the previous day, in excess of 28k electricity consumers in the state were without power.

Climate Outlook

Moist weather were forecast to persist along large portions of Queensland's east this coming days as a low-pressure trough continued to draw in moisture against the coast.

Tuesday was expected to become the wettest day, with continued severe weather risk expected across different parts of both areas.

Safety Concern

Public health experts warned that there was an greater possibility of epidemic thunderstorm asthma across the countryside regions, specifically given the ongoing climate situation.

This warning comes after previous incidents where analogous circumstances led to substantial respiratory problems in the region.