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Around twenty-five thousand residences in Queensland's southeast woke up experiencing outages on Monday morning after powerful weather events passed over the state, bringing powerful gusts reaching 109km/h.

Massive Ice Stones and Widespread Destruction

Residents witnessed giant hailstones as large as seven centimeters in some areas. Weather authorities announced that various areas across Queensland had been impacted by significant hail.

The recent thunderstorm has severely damaged our infrastructure!

Emergency crews were focused on reestablishing electricity service throughout the damaged zones, with nearly 70 crews working to handle the widespread outages.

Victoria's Weather Woes

Meanwhile, around 1,000 energy customers in Victoria also encountered electricity disruptions after the metropolitan area experienced its most precipitation in a year and a half.

State Emergency Services received over five hundred requests for assistance across the state, mainly for structural issues but also for downed trees and water accumulation.

Hardest Hit Regions

• The Werribee area - saw significant weather impact
• Hoppers Crossing - numerous emergency calls
• Wyndham region - nearly 180 calls for assistance

During the peak on yesterday, in excess of 28,000 energy customers in Victoria were experiencing outages.

Weather Forecast

Moist weather were forecast to persist along significant areas of Queensland's east this next several days as a atmospheric system continued to draw in moisture against the coast.

Tomorrow was expected to become the heaviest precipitation period, with continued storm activity predicted across multiple regions of both states.

Health Warning

Public health experts cautioned that there was an higher risk of thunderstorm-induced asthma across the countryside regions, particularly given the existing atmospheric conditions.

This caution comes after past events where comparable situations led to major medical consequences in the state.