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Around twenty-five thousand residences in southeastern Queensland woke up lacking electricity on Monday's dawn after severe thunderstorms passed over the area, bringing wind gusts topping 109km/h.

Massive Frozen Precipitation and Extensive Destruction

Residents witnessed giant hailstones measuring up to 7 centimeters in certain regions. The Bureau of Meteorology verified that various areas across Queensland had been affected by significant hail.

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

Utility workers were focused on reestablishing electricity service throughout the damaged zones, with approximately seventy teams working to handle the extensive power failures.

Victorian Storm Challenges

At the same time, approximately 1,000 residents in the southern state also faced power outages after the metropolitan area saw its wettest day in over 500 days.

Rescue organizations received over five hundred emergency reports across the state, mainly for structural issues but also for downed trees and flooding.

Most Impacted Areas

• The Werribee area - experienced substantial weather impact
• Hoppers Crossing suburb - multiple assistance requests
• Wyndham - nearly 180 calls for assistance

During the peak on yesterday, in excess of 28,000 energy customers in Victoria were lacking electricity.

Climate Outlook

Moist weather were expected to linger along large portions of the state's eastern regions this coming days as a weather pattern continued to attract humidity against the coast.

The following day was expected to become the most rainy day, with persistent thunderstorm potential expected across different parts of both states.

Health Warning

Health officials cautioned that there was an greater possibility of epidemic thunderstorm asthma across the countryside regions, particularly given the current weather patterns.

This alert comes after previous incidents where analogous circumstances led to substantial respiratory problems in the area.