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Approximately 25,000 households in southeastern Queensland found themselves lacking electricity on the start of the week after intense storm systems swept through the area, producing wind gusts hitting 109km/h.

Massive Frozen Precipitation and Extensive Impact

Residents witnessed substantial frozen pellets measuring up to 7cm in some areas. Meteorological experts verified that various areas across the state had been affected by large hailstones.

Today's weather system has severely damaged our network!

Response teams were attempting to repair energy supply throughout the affected regions, with dozens of response units activated to manage the widespread outages.

Southern State's Climate Difficulties

At the same time, nearly 1,000 energy customers in the southern state also faced power outages after Melbourne saw its wettest day in a year and a half.

Emergency response teams handled nearly 600 calls for help across the state, mainly for property damage but also for collapsed vegetation and water accumulation.

Hardest Hit Regions

• Werribee - experienced significant weather impact
• Hoppers Crossing area - multiple emergency calls
• Wyndham region - nearly 180 calls for assistance

At one point on yesterday, over 28,000 energy customers in Victoria were without power.

Weather Forecast

Humid circumstances were predicted to continue along large portions of the state's eastern regions this week as a low-pressure trough continued to pull in damp air against the coastal areas.

Tuesday was expected to become the heaviest precipitation period, with ongoing thunderstorm potential predicted across various areas of both areas.

Safety Concern

Medical authorities alerted that there was an greater possibility of thunderstorm-induced asthma across the northern rural areas, especially given the existing atmospheric conditions.

This warning comes after past events where analogous circumstances led to significant health impacts in the state.