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Nearly twenty-five thousand homes in south-east Queensland found themselves experiencing outages on the start of the week after severe thunderstorms swept through the region, bringing strong winds topping 109 kilometers per hour.

Substantial Frozen Precipitation and Broad Impact

Homeowners witnessed large ice chunks measuring up to 7cm in some areas. The Bureau of Meteorology announced that different parts across Queensland had been impacted by large hailstones.

Today's weather system has severely damaged our power system!

Emergency crews were attempting to repair electricity service throughout the impacted areas, with approximately seventy teams deployed to manage the extensive power failures.

Victorian Storm Challenges

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

Emergency response teams responded to nearly 600 calls for help across the state, mainly for structural issues but also for collapsed vegetation and inundation.

Most Affected Locations

• Werribee region - recorded substantial destruction
• Hoppers Crossing suburb - multiple assistance requests
• Wyndham - nearly 180 emergency requests

At the height on yesterday, more than 28k electricity consumers in Victoria were without power.

Weather Forecast

Moist weather were predicted to continue along significant areas of eastern Queensland this coming days as a weather pattern continued to pull in damp air against the shoreline.

Tomorrow was expected to become the most rainy day, with persistent severe weather risk expected across multiple regions of both areas.

Medical Alert

Medical authorities warned that there was an greater possibility of thunderstorm-induced asthma across the northern rural areas, particularly given the existing atmospheric conditions.

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