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Nearly twenty-five thousand households in south-east Queensland were left lacking electricity on Monday morning after intense storm systems impacted the area, producing powerful gusts hitting over 100 km/h.

Large Ice Stones and Broad Destruction

Homeowners observed substantial frozen pellets measuring up to 7cm in some areas. Meteorological experts confirmed that multiple regions across Queensland had been hit with significant hail.

This afternoon's storm has absolutely smashed our network!

Utility workers were working to restore power throughout the affected regions, with nearly 70 crews working to handle the widespread outages.

Victorian Weather Woes

At the same time, approximately one thousand residents in Victoria also encountered power outages after the capital city recorded its most precipitation in over 500 days.

State Emergency Services responded to over five hundred emergency reports across the area, mostly for structural issues but also for downed trees and inundation.

Hardest Hit Areas

• Werribee region - saw substantial storm damage
• Hoppers Crossing area - multiple assistance requests
• Wyndham area - nearly 180 emergency requests

At one point on the previous day, over twenty-eight thousand energy customers in Victoria were experiencing outages.

Meteorological Predictions

Humid circumstances were expected to linger along much of eastern Queensland this coming days as a atmospheric system continued to draw in moisture against the shoreline.

Tomorrow was forecast to be the heaviest precipitation period, with persistent thunderstorm potential predicted across various areas of both areas.

Health Warning

Public health experts alerted that there was an greater possibility of thunderstorm-induced asthma across the state's northern country region, specifically given the current weather patterns.

This warning comes after historical occurrences where analogous circumstances led to substantial respiratory problems in the area.