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Approximately 25,000 residences in southeastern Queensland woke up lacking electricity on the start of the week after intense storm systems swept through the region, bringing strong winds hitting 109km/h.

Large Ice Stones and Extensive Impact

Homeowners reported substantial frozen pellets measuring up to 7 centimeters in certain regions. Meteorological experts confirmed that different parts across the state had been hit with large hailstones.

Today's weather system has severely damaged our infrastructure!

Emergency crews were focused on reestablishing energy supply throughout the affected regions, with nearly 70 crews deployed to address the numerous electricity disruptions.

Victoria's Climate Difficulties

Simultaneously, approximately 1,000 energy customers in Victoria also experienced power outages after the metropolitan area saw its most precipitation in a year and a half.

Emergency response teams received nearly 600 emergency reports across the area, primarily for structural issues but also for downed trees and inundation.

Hardest Hit Locations

• Werribee - recorded significant storm damage
• Hoppers Crossing area - various emergency calls
• Wyndham area - 179 emergency requests

At one point on yesterday, in excess of 28k power users in Victoria were experiencing outages.

Meteorological Predictions

Moist weather were expected to linger along significant areas of the state's eastern regions this week as a weather pattern continued to attract humidity against the shoreline.

Tomorrow was expected to become the wettest day, with continued severe weather risk expected across different parts of both regions.

Health Warning

Medical authorities alerted that there was an higher risk of epidemic thunderstorm asthma across the countryside regions, specifically given the current weather patterns.

This caution comes after past events where analogous circumstances led to substantial respiratory problems in the region.