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Nearly 25,000 residences in south-east Queensland found themselves experiencing outages on Monday's dawn after severe thunderstorms swept through the state, generating wind gusts topping over 100 km/h.

Substantial Hailstones and Broad Destruction

Homeowners reported large ice chunks measuring up to 7cm in certain regions. The Bureau of Meteorology confirmed that various areas across Queensland had been affected by substantial ice precipitation.

This afternoon's storm has severely damaged our power system!

Response teams were focused on reestablishing energy supply throughout the affected regions, with dozens of response units activated to manage the extensive power failures.

Victoria's Storm Challenges

At the same time, approximately 1,000 energy customers in the southern state also encountered energy failures after the metropolitan area saw its most precipitation in over 500 days.

State Emergency Services responded to over five hundred calls for help across the region, mainly for property damage but also for collapsed vegetation and water accumulation.

Most Affected Regions

• Werribee - experienced substantial weather impact
• Hoppers Crossing - multiple emergency calls
• Wyndham area - 179 calls for assistance

At the height on Sunday, over twenty-eight thousand electricity consumers in Victoria were without power.

Weather Forecast

Humid circumstances were expected to linger along large portions of eastern Queensland this next several days as a atmospheric system continued to pull in damp air against the coast.

The following day was forecast to be the most rainy day, with persistent severe weather risk expected across various areas of both areas.

Medical Alert

Medical authorities alerted that there was an greater possibility of thunderstorm-induced asthma across the state's northern country region, especially given the ongoing climate situation.

This warning comes after past events where comparable situations led to major medical consequences in the region.