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Around twenty-five thousand households in Queensland's southeast were left without power on Monday's dawn after severe thunderstorms passed over the area, generating wind gusts topping 109km/h.

Massive Hailstones and Extensive Impact

Locals reported substantial frozen pellets measuring up to 7 centimeters in certain regions. The Bureau of Meteorology announced that different parts across the state had been affected by significant hail.

Today's weather system has heavily impacted our infrastructure!

Emergency crews were attempting to repair electricity service throughout the impacted areas, with dozens of response units working to address the numerous electricity disruptions.

Victorian Climate Difficulties

Simultaneously, nearly one thousand residents in the southern state also encountered electricity disruptions after the capital city saw its most precipitation in over 500 days.

Emergency response teams handled nearly 600 requests for assistance across the area, primarily for building damage but also for collapsed vegetation and water accumulation.

Hardest Hit Locations

• Werribee region - saw considerable weather impact
• Hoppers Crossing suburb - various rescue reports
• Wyndham - over 175 calls for assistance

At one point on Sunday, over 28k electricity consumers in the state were experiencing outages.

Weather Forecast

Humid circumstances were predicted to continue along large portions of Queensland's east this coming days as a low-pressure trough continued to draw in moisture against the coast.

Tomorrow was forecast to be the wettest day, with persistent severe weather risk expected across various areas of both regions.

Health Warning

Public health experts alerted that there was an higher risk of epidemic thunderstorm asthma across the state's northern country region, particularly given the ongoing climate situation.

This alert comes after previous incidents where analogous circumstances led to significant health impacts in the state.