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Nearly twenty-five thousand homes in south-east Queensland found themselves lacking electricity on Monday's dawn after severe thunderstorms swept through the region, generating powerful gusts hitting over 100 km/h.

Large Frozen Precipitation and Broad Damage

Homeowners witnessed substantial frozen pellets reaching sizes of seven centimeters in certain regions. Weather authorities confirmed that various areas across the state had been hit with significant hail.

Today's weather system has severely damaged our network!

Utility workers were attempting to repair power throughout the affected regions, with nearly 70 crews deployed to address the extensive power failures.

Victoria's Weather Woes

Simultaneously, nearly 1,000 energy customers in Victoria also encountered energy failures after Melbourne experienced its heaviest rainfall in a year and a half.

State Emergency Services handled over five hundred requests for assistance across the area, mostly for structural issues but also for fallen timber and water accumulation.

Hardest Hit Regions

• The Werribee area - saw significant destruction
• Hoppers Crossing area - various rescue reports
• Wyndham area - nearly 180 help reports

At the height on yesterday, in excess of twenty-eight thousand energy customers in Victoria were experiencing outages.

Climate Outlook

Moist weather were expected to linger along large portions of eastern Queensland this week as a low-pressure trough continued to draw in moisture against the coastal areas.

Tuesday was expected to become the most rainy day, with continued storm activity expected across various areas of both regions.

Medical Alert

Public health experts alerted that there was an higher risk of thunderstorm-induced asthma across the state's northern country region, especially given the ongoing climate situation.

This warning comes after historical occurrences where comparable situations led to significant health impacts in the state.