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Nearly twenty-five thousand households in Queensland's southeast found themselves without power on Monday morning after powerful weather events impacted the state, producing strong winds reaching over 100 km/h.

Substantial Hailstones and Extensive Impact

Locals witnessed large ice chunks reaching sizes of seven centimeters in some areas. Meteorological experts announced that multiple regions across the state had been affected by substantial ice precipitation.

This afternoon's storm has heavily impacted our network!

Response teams were attempting to repair energy supply throughout the impacted areas, with dozens of response units working to address the widespread outages.

Southern State's Storm Challenges

At the same time, around 1,000 households in Victoria also faced energy failures after the metropolitan area saw its heaviest rainfall in a year and a half.

State Emergency Services handled over five hundred calls for help across the state, mostly for property damage but also for fallen timber and water accumulation.

Hardest Hit Locations

• Werribee region - experienced significant destruction
• Hoppers Crossing area - various rescue reports
• Wyndham - over 175 calls for assistance

At the height on yesterday, over twenty-eight thousand power users in Victoria were experiencing outages.

Climate Outlook

Moist weather were expected to linger along significant areas of the state's eastern regions this week as a low-pressure trough continued to pull in damp air against the shoreline.

The following day was predicted as the most rainy day, with continued severe weather risk anticipated across multiple regions of both regions.

Health Warning

Public health experts alerted that there was an greater possibility of epidemic thunderstorm asthma across the state's northern country region, specifically given the ongoing climate situation.

This warning comes after previous incidents where analogous circumstances led to substantial respiratory problems in the state.