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Approximately 25,000 households in Queensland's southeast found themselves experiencing outages on Monday's dawn after severe thunderstorms passed over the state, generating wind gusts topping 109km/h.

Massive Ice Stones and Widespread Destruction

Residents reported giant hailstones measuring up to 7 centimeters in certain regions. Meteorological experts confirmed that various areas across Queensland had been affected by substantial ice precipitation.

Today's weather system has heavily impacted our infrastructure!

Utility workers were working to restore electricity service throughout the damaged zones, with approximately seventy teams activated to address the extensive power failures.

Southern State's Weather Woes

At the same time, around one thousand households in Victoria also faced electricity disruptions after the metropolitan area saw its most precipitation in over 500 days.

Emergency response teams handled nearly 600 calls for help across the state, mostly for property damage but also for fallen timber and water accumulation.

Most Affected Regions

• Werribee region - recorded considerable storm damage
• Hoppers Crossing - various rescue reports
• Wyndham area - 179 emergency requests

At one point on the previous day, more than 28k energy customers in the state were experiencing outages.

Weather Forecast

Moist weather were forecast to persist along large portions of Queensland's east this coming days as a atmospheric system continued to pull in damp air against the shoreline.

Tomorrow was expected to become the heaviest precipitation period, with continued storm activity anticipated across different parts of both states.

Safety Concern

Health officials alerted that there was an greater possibility of thunderstorm-induced asthma across the state's northern country region, specifically given the existing atmospheric conditions.

This warning comes after past events where similar conditions led to significant health impacts in the area.