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Around 25,000 households in southeastern Queensland woke up lacking electricity on Monday morning after severe thunderstorms swept through the region, bringing powerful gusts reaching 109km/h.

Massive Hailstones and Extensive Impact

Homeowners witnessed substantial frozen pellets as large as 7 centimeters in particular locations. Meteorological experts announced that various areas across Queensland had been impacted by substantial ice precipitation.

Today's weather system has absolutely smashed our infrastructure!

Response teams were focused on reestablishing power throughout the damaged zones, with nearly 70 crews activated to address the extensive power failures.

Victorian Climate Difficulties

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

Rescue organizations handled 598 requests for assistance across the state, mostly for structural issues but also for collapsed vegetation and flooding.

Most Affected Locations

• Werribee region - recorded significant storm damage
• Hoppers Crossing suburb - various emergency calls
• Wyndham - 179 emergency requests

At one point on the previous day, in excess of 28k energy customers in Victoria were without power.

Climate Outlook

Damp conditions were predicted to continue along large portions of the state's eastern regions this week as a atmospheric system continued to pull in damp air against the shoreline.

Tomorrow was expected to become the heaviest precipitation period, with ongoing thunderstorm potential predicted across various areas of both states.

Medical Alert

Health officials warned that there was an greater possibility of weather-related respiratory issues across the northern rural areas, especially given the current weather patterns.

This warning comes after previous incidents where analogous circumstances led to major medical consequences in the area.