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Nearly twenty-five thousand homes in southeastern Queensland were left lacking electricity on Monday morning after severe thunderstorms passed over the region, generating wind gusts reaching over 100 km/h.

Large Ice Stones and Broad Destruction

Locals witnessed large ice chunks reaching sizes of seven centimeters in particular locations. The Bureau of Meteorology verified that various areas across Queensland had been impacted by significant hail.

Today's weather system has heavily impacted our power system!

Utility workers were focused on reestablishing energy supply throughout the impacted areas, with nearly 70 crews working to handle the numerous electricity disruptions.

Southern State's Climate Difficulties

At the same time, approximately one thousand energy customers in the southern state also encountered electricity disruptions after Melbourne saw its wettest day in 18 months.

Emergency response teams handled over five hundred calls for help across the region, mostly for property damage but also for downed trees and water accumulation.

Hardest Hit Areas

• Werribee - saw considerable weather impact
• Hoppers Crossing area - various rescue reports
• Wyndham area - over 175 emergency requests

During the peak on yesterday, in excess of 28k electricity consumers in Victoria were experiencing outages.

Climate Outlook

Damp conditions were predicted to continue along significant areas of Queensland's east this next several days as a atmospheric system continued to attract humidity against the coast.

The following day was predicted as the most rainy day, with persistent severe weather risk predicted across multiple regions of both regions.

Safety Concern

Public health experts warned that there was an greater possibility of weather-related respiratory issues across the state's northern country region, especially given the current weather patterns.

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