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Nearly 25,000 households in south-east Queensland found themselves experiencing outages on the start of the week after intense storm systems impacted the area, generating powerful gusts hitting 109km/h.

Large Ice Stones and Extensive Damage

Homeowners witnessed substantial frozen pellets reaching sizes of seven centimeters in certain regions. The Bureau of Meteorology announced that various areas across the state had been hit with large hailstones.

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

Utility workers were working to restore electricity service throughout the damaged zones, with dozens of response units working to handle the numerous electricity disruptions.

Victoria's Weather Woes

At the same time, around one thousand energy customers in the southern state also experienced energy failures after the metropolitan area saw its most precipitation in 18 months.

Emergency response teams handled over five hundred calls for help across the region, mainly for structural issues but also for collapsed vegetation and flooding.

Most Impacted Regions

• Werribee - experienced substantial destruction
• Hoppers Crossing - multiple emergency calls
• Wyndham - over 175 emergency requests

At the height on yesterday, more than 28,000 electricity consumers in Victoria were lacking electricity.

Weather Forecast

Moist weather were expected to linger along much of Queensland's east this coming days as a low-pressure trough continued to attract humidity against the coastal areas.

Tuesday was forecast to be the heaviest precipitation period, with persistent severe weather risk expected across multiple regions of both areas.

Health Warning

Public health experts warned that there was an increased chance of thunderstorm-induced asthma across the countryside regions, specifically given the ongoing climate situation.

This warning comes after previous incidents where similar conditions led to major medical consequences in the area.