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Around 25,000 households in south-east Queensland woke up experiencing outages on Monday morning after severe thunderstorms swept through the area, bringing wind gusts hitting 109km/h.

Large Frozen Precipitation and Broad Destruction

Locals observed giant hailstones as large as 7cm in certain regions. Meteorological experts verified that multiple regions across Queensland had been hit with substantial ice precipitation.

This afternoon's storm has heavily impacted our network!

Utility workers were focused on reestablishing energy supply throughout the damaged zones, with approximately seventy teams activated to manage the extensive power failures.

Southern State's Climate Difficulties

Meanwhile, around one thousand energy customers in the southern state also experienced electricity disruptions after Melbourne saw its heaviest rainfall in a year and a half.

Rescue organizations handled nearly 600 calls for help across the area, mainly for building damage but also for collapsed vegetation and water accumulation.

Hardest Hit Regions

• The Werribee area - recorded considerable destruction
• Hoppers Crossing suburb - numerous emergency calls
• Wyndham area - nearly 180 emergency requests

At the height on Sunday, over 28,000 energy customers in Victoria were lacking electricity.

Climate Outlook

Humid circumstances were expected to linger along much of Queensland's east this next several days as a atmospheric system continued to attract humidity against the shoreline.

The following day was expected to become the heaviest precipitation period, with ongoing severe weather risk anticipated across various areas of both areas.

Medical Alert

Public health experts cautioned that there was an higher risk of thunderstorm-induced asthma across the state's northern country region, particularly given the existing atmospheric conditions.

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