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Approximately twenty-five thousand households in south-east Queensland were left experiencing outages on Monday's dawn after intense storm systems swept through the region, bringing wind gusts topping 109km/h.

Substantial Ice Stones and Extensive Damage

Residents witnessed substantial frozen pellets measuring up to 7 centimeters in some areas. Weather authorities confirmed that different parts across Queensland had been impacted by large hailstones.

Today's weather system has heavily impacted our network!

Utility workers were attempting to repair power throughout the impacted areas, with approximately seventy teams activated to manage the widespread outages.

Southern State's Climate Difficulties

At the same time, nearly one thousand households in the southern state also experienced electricity disruptions after Melbourne recorded its most precipitation in a year and a half.

Rescue organizations responded to 598 emergency reports across the state, mainly for property damage but also for collapsed vegetation and flooding.

Hardest Hit Regions

• Werribee region - experienced significant destruction
• Hoppers Crossing - multiple assistance requests
• Wyndham - 179 help reports

At one point on the previous day, over twenty-eight thousand energy customers in the state were lacking electricity.

Meteorological Predictions

Moist weather were expected to linger along large portions of eastern Queensland this week as a atmospheric system continued to attract humidity against the shoreline.

Tomorrow was expected to become the wettest day, with continued storm activity predicted across various areas of both states.

Medical Alert

Medical authorities warned that there was an higher risk of thunderstorm-induced asthma across the state's northern country region, specifically given the ongoing climate situation.

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