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Approximately twenty-five thousand residences in Queensland's southeast found themselves experiencing outages on Monday's dawn after severe thunderstorms impacted the region, bringing strong winds hitting 109km/h.

Substantial Ice Stones and Extensive Impact

Residents observed large ice chunks reaching sizes of 7 centimeters in particular locations. Weather authorities verified that various areas across the state had been affected by significant hail.

The recent thunderstorm has heavily impacted our infrastructure!

Utility workers were attempting to repair energy supply throughout the affected regions, with nearly 70 crews deployed to handle the numerous electricity disruptions.

Victorian Storm Challenges

Simultaneously, around 1,000 energy customers in the southern state also experienced energy failures after Melbourne recorded its most precipitation in a year and a half.

Emergency response teams handled 598 emergency reports across the region, mostly for structural issues but also for fallen timber and water accumulation.

Hardest Hit Regions

• Werribee region - recorded substantial storm damage
• Hoppers Crossing suburb - multiple emergency calls
• Wyndham area - nearly 180 emergency requests

At one point on Sunday, more than 28k electricity consumers in Victoria were lacking electricity.

Weather Forecast

Moist weather were forecast to persist along large portions of eastern Queensland this next several days as a atmospheric system continued to draw in moisture against the coastal areas.

Tuesday was predicted as the most rainy day, with continued severe weather risk expected across multiple regions of both regions.

Safety Concern

Public health experts warned that there was an higher risk of epidemic thunderstorm asthma across the state's northern country region, especially given the current weather patterns.

This caution comes after historical occurrences where analogous circumstances led to substantial respiratory problems in the state.