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Nearly 25,000 households in south-east Queensland were left without power on the start of the week after severe thunderstorms passed over the area, bringing powerful gusts hitting 109 kilometers per hour.

Massive Ice Stones and Widespread Impact

Homeowners reported giant hailstones as large as 7 centimeters in some areas. Meteorological experts announced that different parts across Queensland had been affected by large hailstones.

Today's weather system has heavily impacted our power system!

Utility workers were focused on reestablishing energy supply throughout the impacted areas, with dozens of response units activated to handle the numerous electricity disruptions.

Victoria's Climate Difficulties

Meanwhile, nearly one thousand energy customers in Victoria also faced electricity disruptions after the metropolitan area saw its wettest day in over 500 days.

State Emergency Services responded to nearly 600 requests for assistance across the area, mainly for property damage but also for fallen timber and inundation.

Hardest Hit Regions

• Werribee - recorded significant storm damage
• Hoppers Crossing - various emergency calls
• Wyndham area - 179 emergency requests

At one point on yesterday, more than twenty-eight thousand power users in Victoria were experiencing outages.

Weather Forecast

Humid circumstances were forecast to persist along significant areas of eastern Queensland this coming days as a weather pattern continued to attract humidity against the coast.

Tuesday was forecast to be the most rainy day, with persistent severe weather risk predicted across different parts of both states.

Medical Alert

Medical authorities alerted that there was an greater possibility of epidemic thunderstorm asthma across the countryside regions, especially given the existing atmospheric conditions.

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