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Around 25,000 households in south-east Queensland found themselves experiencing outages on the start of the week after severe thunderstorms passed over the state, bringing strong winds hitting 109 kilometers per hour.

Massive Hailstones and Widespread Destruction

Locals observed substantial frozen pellets as large as 7cm in certain regions. The Bureau of Meteorology announced that various areas across the state had been impacted by significant hail.

Today's weather system has heavily impacted our infrastructure!

Utility workers were focused on reestablishing energy supply throughout the damaged zones, with dozens of response units deployed to handle the numerous electricity disruptions.

Victoria's Climate Difficulties

Simultaneously, nearly one thousand residents in Victoria also encountered electricity disruptions after Melbourne experienced its heaviest rainfall in a year and a half.

Emergency response teams handled over five hundred calls for help across the state, primarily for building damage but also for fallen timber and inundation.

Most Impacted Regions

• Werribee - saw significant weather impact
• Hoppers Crossing - multiple rescue reports
• Wyndham region - nearly 180 help reports

During the peak on yesterday, more than twenty-eight thousand energy customers in Victoria were without power.

Meteorological Predictions

Damp conditions were forecast to persist along significant areas of the state's eastern regions this next several days as a atmospheric system continued to attract humidity against the coast.

Tuesday was forecast to be the heaviest precipitation period, with continued storm activity anticipated across multiple regions of both states.

Medical Alert

Health officials warned that there was an increased chance of epidemic thunderstorm asthma across the state's northern country region, particularly given the ongoing climate situation.

This warning comes after past events where comparable situations led to significant health impacts in the area.