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Around twenty-five thousand households in south-east Queensland were left without power on Monday's dawn after powerful weather events swept through the state, producing strong winds hitting 109km/h.

Massive Hailstones and Broad Impact

Homeowners reported substantial frozen pellets measuring up to 7cm in some areas. The Bureau of Meteorology confirmed that multiple regions across the state had been impacted by substantial ice precipitation.

The recent thunderstorm has heavily impacted our network!

Response teams were working to restore electricity service throughout the damaged zones, with dozens of response units deployed to address the extensive power failures.

Southern State's Storm Challenges

At the same time, around 1,000 households in the southern state also encountered electricity disruptions after Melbourne recorded its heaviest rainfall in 18 months.

State Emergency Services responded to over five hundred calls for help across the state, mainly for structural issues but also for fallen timber and flooding.

Hardest Hit Locations

• Werribee region - recorded substantial storm damage
• Hoppers Crossing suburb - multiple emergency calls
• Wyndham - 179 calls for assistance

During the peak on the previous day, over 28k energy customers in Victoria were without power.

Weather Forecast

Humid circumstances were expected to linger along significant areas of the state's eastern regions this next several 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 thunderstorm potential predicted across multiple regions of both areas.

Health Warning

Medical authorities warned that there was an increased chance of epidemic thunderstorm asthma across the state's northern country region, particularly given the current weather patterns.

This warning comes after historical occurrences where analogous circumstances led to major medical consequences in the area.