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Nearly 25,000 households in Queensland's southeast found themselves lacking electricity on Monday's dawn after severe thunderstorms impacted the region, producing strong winds reaching 109 kilometers per hour.

Substantial Hailstones and Broad Damage

Locals observed large ice chunks measuring up to seven centimeters in certain regions. The Bureau of Meteorology confirmed that multiple regions across the state had been affected by large hailstones.

This afternoon's storm has heavily impacted our power system!

Response teams were focused on reestablishing power throughout the affected regions, with approximately seventy teams deployed to address the extensive power failures.

Victoria's Storm Challenges

Simultaneously, around one thousand energy customers in Victoria also experienced energy failures after Melbourne recorded its heaviest rainfall in a year and a half.

Emergency response teams responded to nearly 600 emergency reports across the region, primarily for property damage but also for collapsed vegetation and flooding.

Hardest Hit Areas

• Werribee region - experienced significant destruction
• Hoppers Crossing suburb - multiple rescue reports
• Wyndham region - nearly 180 help reports

At the height on the previous day, in excess of 28k power users in Victoria were lacking electricity.

Weather Forecast

Damp conditions were predicted to continue along significant areas of eastern Queensland this next several days as a atmospheric system continued to attract humidity against the coastal areas.

Tuesday was forecast to be the heaviest precipitation period, with ongoing thunderstorm potential predicted across multiple regions of both regions.

Health Warning

Public health experts cautioned that there was an greater possibility of weather-related respiratory issues across the countryside regions, specifically given the existing atmospheric conditions.

This alert comes after past events where similar conditions led to major medical consequences in the region.