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Approximately twenty-five thousand homes in Queensland's southeast found themselves experiencing outages on Monday's dawn after intense storm systems passed over the state, producing powerful gusts topping 109km/h.

Substantial Ice Stones and Broad Impact

Locals observed substantial frozen pellets reaching sizes of 7cm in some areas. Meteorological experts verified that different parts across the state had been affected by large hailstones.

This afternoon's storm has severely damaged our power system!

Response teams were focused on reestablishing electricity service throughout the impacted areas, with dozens of response units activated to address the widespread outages.

Southern State's Climate Difficulties

Simultaneously, nearly one thousand energy customers in Victoria also faced energy failures after Melbourne experienced its wettest day in over 500 days.

State Emergency Services handled over five hundred requests for assistance across the region, primarily for property damage but also for fallen timber and inundation.

Most Impacted Locations

• Werribee - experienced significant weather impact
• Hoppers Crossing area - various emergency calls
• Wyndham region - over 175 calls for assistance

At one point on yesterday, more than 28k power users in Victoria were lacking electricity.

Meteorological Predictions

Damp conditions were expected to linger along significant areas of the state's eastern regions this next several days as a atmospheric system continued to attract humidity against the shoreline.

Tomorrow was predicted as the most rainy day, with ongoing severe weather risk expected across different parts of both regions.

Health Warning

Public health experts alerted that there was an greater possibility of thunderstorm-induced asthma across the northern rural areas, particularly given the ongoing climate situation.

This warning comes after previous incidents where comparable situations led to significant health impacts in the region.